Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Trief Corporation S.A.; Tarkett S.A.; Société Investissement Deconinck - BWB/Z-5410 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Trief Corporation S.A.; Tarkett S.A.; Société Investissement Deconinck

BWB/Z-5410

14.05.2021

On 14.05.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Trief Corporation S.A. directly or via one or several affiliates intends to acquire an indirect minority shareholding of up to 30% in Tarkett S.A.

Affected business area: Manufacture of parquet panels; Sawmilling and planing of wood; impregnation of wood 

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.06.2021.

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 12.06.2021 .

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