Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Apollo Management, L.P.; Vallourec, S.A.
BWB/Z-5332
On 26.03.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of 25 % (or more) of Vallourec, S.A., France, by several entities controlled by investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Management, L.P., USA.
Economic Sector: C 24.2 │ Manufacture of steel tubes
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 23.04.2021.
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 24.04.2021 .