Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Sebia S.A.; WSHP Intermediate Holding Sarl; ORGENTEC Diagnostika GmbH
BWB/Z-5521
On 08.07.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Sebia S.A., a manufacturer and seller of IVD testing instruments and reagents, intends to indirectly acquire 100% of the shares in and sole control over ORGENTEC Diagnostika GmbH, a German company active in the development, production, and marketing of test systems for laboratory autoimmune diagnostics.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.08.2021.
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 06.08.2021 .