Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
IK Investment Partners; Kersia SAS
BWB/Z-5125
On 30.11.2020 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
IK Investment Partners (United Kingdom) intends to indirectly acquire all shares in and sole control over Kersia SAS (France).
The transaction concerns cleaning, sanitizing and hygiene products as well as products and services for water treatment and purification.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren E - Wasserversorgung; Abwasser- und Abfallentsorgung und Beseitigung von Umweltverschmutzungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.12.2020.
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 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 18.12.2020 .