Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Danaher Corporation; Siemens AG
BWB/Z-2389
On the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Danaher Corporation, Washington D.C., USA, intends to acquire indirectly from different subsidiaries of the Siemens AG, Munich, Germany, the Microbiology Testing Business. The merger plan concerns the area microbiological ln-vitro-Diagnostics.
Industry sector: S - Erbringung von sonstigen Dienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.08.2014.
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 22.08.2014 .