Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Exponent Private Equity LLP; Treatt PLC
BWB/Z-7072
On 15.09.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Exponent Private Equity LLP, United Kingdom, intends to acquire sole control of Treatt PLC, United Kingdom, through its portfolio company Natara Global Limited. The concentration concerns flavour and fragrance ingredients.
C - MANUFACTURING C 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, C 20.5 - Manufacture of other chemical products, C 20.59 - Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 13.10.2025.
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 14.10.2025 .