Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Atom Holdings Co., Ltd.; Rigaku Corporation
BWB/Z-5187
On 07.01.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The concentration concerns the acquisition of sole control over Rigaku Corporation (Tokio/Japan) by Atom Holdings Co., Ltd. (Tokio/Japan), an investment vehicle indirectly wholly-owned and solely controlled by the entities comprising Carlyle Japan Partners IV (Tokio/Japan), one of the funds forming part of the group of funds managed by affiliates of the Carlyle Group, Inc. (Washington, D.C./United States). the proposed concentration concerns scientific analytical X-ray instrumentation.
Affected industry: Manfacture of other electrical equipment.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.02.2021.
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 05.02.2021 .