Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
EQT Fund Management S.à r.l.; Europa Biosite Group Holding AB
BWB/Z-7006
On 18.07.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
EQT Healthcare Growth S.à r.l., Luxembourg, an investment fund managed by EQT Fund Management S.à r.l., Luxembourg, intends to acquire sole control and the majority of the shares in Europa Biosite Group Holding AB, Sweden and its subsidiaries.
The concentration concerns the distribution of laboratory and life science products.
Affected industry: Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.4 - Wholesale of household goods, G 46.46 - Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 18.08.2025.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 19.08.2025 .