Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC; CION Investment Corporation; The Juice Plus+ Company, LLC
BWB/Z-7046
On 20.08.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC (United States) on behalf of funds and accounts under its management, and CION Investment Corporation (United States), each intend to indirectly acquire more than 25 % of the shares in The Juice Plus+ Company, LLC (United States).
Economic Sector: Wholesale and Retail Trade; Retail trade; Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco; Retail sale of other food.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 47 - Retail trade, G 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, G 47.27 - Retail sale of other food
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 17.09.2025.
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 waived their right to apply for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court before the deadline. The standstill obligation (§ 17(1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 09.09.2025 .