Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Getinge AB; Kinetic Concepts, Inc. - BWB/Z-1836 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Getinge AB; Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

BWB/Z-1836

21.09.2012

On the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.10.2012.

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 19.10.2012 .

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