Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC; Mayr-Melnhof Eerbeek B.V.; Baiersbronn Frischfaser Karton GmbH
BWB/Z-5486
On 24.06.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC, Los Angeles, USA, indirectly through Oaktree European Principal Fund V S.à r.l., Luxembourg, an affiliate of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P., intends to acquire all shares and sole control in Mayr-Melnhof Eerbeek B.V., Netherlands, and in Baiersbronn Frischfaser Karton GmbH, Germany, from Mayr-Melnhof Group.
Activity concerned: Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.07.2021.
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 23.07.2021 .