Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa GmbH; K.E.M. Montage GmbH
BWB/Z-5408
On 11.05.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa GmbH, Germany, intends to acquire 100% of the shares in and, therefore, sole control over K.E.M. Montage GmbH, including its participation in X-tel OS GmbH and RK safetec GmbH. The acquiror is part of the French SPIE group. Currently, Mr. Walter Brabant indirectly holds 60% and Mr. Augustin Scheer indirectly holds 40% in the target.
Industry sector: F - Baugewerbe/Bau G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.06.2021.
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 09.06.2021 .