Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Ergon Capital Partners III SA; svt Beteiligungen GmbH
BWB/Z-3743
On 07.12.2017 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Ergon Capital Partners m SA (Brussels, Belgium) intends to indirectly acquire sole control over svt Beteiligungen GmbH (Seevetal, Germany) and its subsidiaries. The intended concentration concerns the production and distribution of products in the area of Passive Fire Protection and Restoration Management.
Industry sector: F - Baugewerbe/Bau
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.01.2018.
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 05.01.2018 .