Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Lanxess AG; EPM Polymer Additives Holding Corp
BWB/Z-5383
On 22.04.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Lanxess AG, Cologne, Germany, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lanxess Corporation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, intends to acquire 100% of the share capital of EPM Polymer Additives Holding Corp., the parent company of Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC, both Vancouver, Washington state, USA.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 20.05.2021.
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 21.05.2021 .