Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
MAHLE GmbH; Keihin Termal Technology Corporation
BWB/Z-5120
On 24.11.2020 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
MAHLE Behr Japan K.K., Japan, a Group company indirectly solely controlled by MAHLE GmbH, Germany, intends to acquire the air conditioning business of Keihin Corporation, Japan.
Industry sector (ÖNACE-Code): C 29.03 (Herstellung von Teilen und Zubehör für Kraftwagen.)
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.12.2020.
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 23.12.2020 .