Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
EQT VIII SCSp; EQT Fund Managment S.à.r.l.; Dellner Couplers AB; AB Tofsvipan; Dellner Invest, LLC
BWB/Z-4395
On 15.04.2019 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
EQT VIII SCSp, an investment fund managed by EQT Fund Management S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg/Luxembourg), intends to acquire sole control over Dellner Couplers AB (Falun/Sweden) and its subsidiaries, AB Tofsvipan (Stockholm/Sweden) and Dellner Invest, LLC (Charlotte/North Carolina, USA). The proposed concentration concerns couplers and gangways for passenger-rail rolling stock.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 13.05.2019.
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 not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 14.05.2019 .