Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Barentz International B.V.; NOACK & Co. GmbH - BWB/Z-5281 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Barentz International B.V.; NOACK & Co. GmbH

BWB/Z-5281

01.03.2021

On 26.02.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Barentz International B.V., the Netherlands, a portfolio company of Cinven Limited, United Kingdom, intends to acquire a majority of the shares in and sole control over NOACK & CO GmbH, Austria.


The concentration concerns animal feed, agro-food-diagnostics, veterinary diagnostics, and analytical instruments.

Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.03.2021.

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 27.03.2021 .

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