Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Staci SAS; Base Logistics Group B.V.
BWB/Z-5313
On 18.03.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified transaction concerns the planned indirect acquisition of all shares and sole control of Base Logistics Group B.V., Netherlands, by Staci sAS, France, which is ultimately controlled by Ardian Buyout Fund Vll B SLP, a fund managed by Ardian France SA.
Industry sector: H - Verkehr und Lagerei
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 15.04.2021.
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 16.04.2021 .