Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Aurelius Development Thirty-One GmbH; Hüppe GmbH
BWB/Z-5374
On 19.04.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Aurelius Development Thirty-One GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA, both Grünwald, Germany, intends to acquire all the shares in Hüppe GmbH, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of other builders' ware of plastics; manufacture of ceramic sanitary fixtures; wholesale of construction materials and sanitary 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 17.05.2021.
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 18.05.2021 .