Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Sartorius AG; die gesamte Chromatographie Prozessequipment Sparte von Novasep Process SAS
BWB/Z-5304
On 12.03.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Sartorius AG, Göttingen, Germany, intends to indirectly acquire, via Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A., Aubagne, France, the Chromatography Process Equipment Division of Novasep Process SAS, Pompey, France, and one or more of its affiliates, by way of a combined asset and share purchase.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.04.2021.
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 10.04.2021 .