Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
EQT AB (publ); Exeter Property Group
BWB/Z-5246
On 03.02.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The concentration concerns the acquisition of sole control over Exeter Property Group (Conshohocken/USA) by EQT AB (publ) (Stockholm/Sweden). The proposed concentration concerns real estate services.
Affected industry: Real estate activities
Industry sector: L - Grundstücks- und Wohnungswesen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.03.2021.
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 04.03.2021 .