Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Avantor, Inc.; Ritter GmbH
BWB/Z-5398
On 30.04.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
VWR International Investors Europe GmbH, Germany, an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Avantor, Inc., USA, intends to acquire 100% of the shares and voting rights in Ritter GmbH, Germany, including all shares/voting rights in its affiliated undertakings.
The Target's business is mainly active in the manufacture and sales of cartridges for sealants and adhesives for industrial use (business unit cartridges) and high-precision laboratory consumables (business unit medical).
ÖNACE-Code: Manufacture of plastic products."
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.05.2021.
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 29.05.2021 .