Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; CapVest Strategic Opportunities 4 SCSp
BWB/Z-5258
On 11.02.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (USA) intends to acquire limited partnership interests in CapVest Strategic Opportunities 4 SCSp, which is controlled by CapVest Partners LLP. CapVest Strategic Opportunities 4 SCSp’s sole purpose is to hold shares in in NextPharma Germany TopCo GmbH, a German company.
The concentration concerns the market for contract development and manufacturing organization services for human healthcare
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.03.2021.
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 12.03.2021 .