Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

DPE Investment Gesellschaft mbH; DPE III Shield GmbH & Co. KG; M-Sicherheitsbeteiligungen GmbH - BWB/Z-5014 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

DPE Investment Gesellschaft mbH; DPE III Shield GmbH & Co. KG; M-Sicherheitsbeteiligungen GmbH

BWB/Z-5014

09.09.2020

On 09.09.2020 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

"DPE Investment Gesellschaft mbH, Deutschland ("DPE"), sowie die DPE III Shield GmbH & Co. KG (künftig: Shield geschlossene Spezial-Investment GmbH & Co. KG), Deutschland, beabsichtigen, indirekt 96,43 % der Anteile an der M-Sicherheitsbeteiligungen GmbH, Deutschland ("M-Sicherheitsbeteiligungen") zu erwerben. DPE wird die M-Sicherheitsbeteiligungen alleine kontrollieren.

Betroffener Geschäftszweig: Ballistische Schutzlösungen.

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 07.10.2020.

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 08.10.2020 .

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