Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Amphenol Corporation; MTS Systems Corporation
BWB/Z-5217
On 19.01.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Amphenol Corporation (USA) intends to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock and sole control over MTS Systems Corporation (USA).
The following Austrian NACE code is concerned: Manufacture of telecommunications equipment and installations
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.02.2021.
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 17.02.2021 .