Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Triton Fund IV; SGL CFL CE GmbH
BWB/Z-3604
On 17.08.2017 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Triton Fund IV (Jersey) intends to indirectly acquire sole control over SGL CFL CE GmbH (Meitingen / Germany). The intended concentration concerns the development, production, marketing and sales of cathodes, furnace linings and carbon electrodes.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.09.2017.
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 15.09.2017 .