Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
UTAC Holding SAS; Eurazeo SE; Millbrook Group
BWB/Z-5146
On 10.12.2020 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified transaction concerns the planned direct acquisition of 100% of the shares and sole control of Millbrook Special Vehicles Limited, Millbrook Proving Ground Limited and Millbrook European Holdings Limited (all UK), Millbrook Revolutionary Engineering GmbH (Germany), and Millbrook US Inc. (USA), by UTAC Holding SAS (France), which is indirectly owned and cotnrolled by Eurazeo S.E.(France).
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren M - Erbringung von freiberuflichen, wissenschaftlichen und technischen Dienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 07.01.2021.
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 08.01.2021 .