Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Mubadala Investment Company PJSC; Iris EquityCo, S.à.r.l.,; Apax Partners LLP (AP)
BWB/Z-5368
On 15.04.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, intends to indirectly acquire 25 % of the shares in Iris EquityCo S.à r.l, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of lenses and parts there of; Wholesale of orthopaedic appliances and medical and surgical equipment.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.05.2021.
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 15.05.2021 .