Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
BlueCo GmbH; GBA Investment GmbH
BWB/Z-5301
On 11.03.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Ardian France, S.A. intends to indirectly acquire through BlueCo GmbH with its corporate seat in Munich, Germany, and the business address at Maximilianstraße 35, c/o Sidley Austin (CE) LLP, 80539 Munich, Germany, sole control over GBA Investment GmbH, which is active in the field of laboratory analyses and related services.
Business sector concerned: Technical, physical and chemical exam-ination;Research and development on biotechnology, Other research on natural sciences, engineering, agriculture and medicine.
Industry sector: M - Erbringung von freiberuflichen, wissenschaftlichen und technischen Dienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.04.2021.
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 09.04.2021 .