Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
The Carlyle Group, L.P.; The NORDAM Group LLC
BWB/Z-4333
On 04.03.2019 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The concentration concerns the acquisition of 45% of the shares in and joint control over The NORDAM Group LLC (Tulsa/USA) and its subsidiaries by The Carlyle Group, L.P. (Washington DC/USA). The proposed concentration concerns the manufacturing of aircraft components, as well as repair and maintenance of aircraft components.
Affected industry: aviation
Industry sector: H - Verkehr und Lagerei N - Erbringung von sonstigen wirtschaftlichen Dienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 01.04.2019.
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 waived their right to apply for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court before the deadline. The standstill obligation (§ 17(1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 22.03.2019 .