Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
ARDIAN France S.A.; Rolf Schwind; SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH & Co. KG; Schwind Beteiligungs GmbH
BWB/Z-3301
On the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
ARDIAN France S.A. (Paris, France) and Mr. Rolf Schwind intend to acquire joint control over SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH & Co. KG and Schwind Beteiligungs GmbH (Kleinostheim, Germany). The concentration concerns the development, manufacturing and distribution of diagnosis and treatment systems for vision correction.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 27.12.2016.
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 27.12.2016 .