Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Cross II L.P.; German Access Fund L.P.; punker Holding GmbH; punker Investment Holding GmbH & Co KG
BWB/Z-2827
On the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Cross II L.P. (Channel Islands) intends to acquire joint control together with German Access Fund L.P. (Great Britain) over punker Holding GmbH (Germany) and its operating subsidiaries as well as over punker Investment Holding GmbH & Co KG (Germany). The concentration concerns development and sales of metal fan propellers.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.10.2015.
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 28.10.2015 .