Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA; Primetals Technologies France S.A.S.
BWB/Z-5180
On 28.12.2020 the following merger was notified at the Federal Competition Authority:
Planned purchase process
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Germany, intends to acquire all shares in and thus, sole control over, Primetals Technologies France S.A.S., France.
The proposed transaction relates to the manufacture of machinery for metallurgy.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.01.2021.
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 26.01.2021 .