Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

EQT Services (UK) Ltd; BАCАB S.А.; Bartec Top Holding GmbH - BWB/Z-4603 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

EQT Services (UK) Ltd; BАCАB S.А.; Bartec Top Holding GmbH

BWB/Z-4603

24.09.2019

On 23.09.2019 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

The EQT investment funds EQT Credit II and EQT Credit Opportunities III (London / United Kingdom), managed by EQT Services (UK) Ltd, intend to indirectly acquire sole control over BACAB S.A. (St. Croix /Switzerland) and Bartec Top Holding GmbH  (Bad Mergentheim / Germany) and its subsidiaries. The proposed concentration concerns the manufacturing of explosion proof equipment for explosion-hazardous areas.

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 21.10.2019.

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 22.10.2019 .

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