Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
WPEF VIII Holdco 1 B.V. ; The Cookware Company Ltd
BWB/Z-5538
On 14.07.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Apollo TopCo BV, a newly incorporated holding company in which WPEF VIII Holdco 1 B.V., an indirectly wholly-owned company of Waterland Private Equity
Fund VIII C.V. will hold 50% and Mr. Jan Helskens will hold 30% of the shares, intends to indirectly acquire all shares in and sole control over The Cookware Company Ltd and Cookware Company Holding America BV.
Economic sector: Manufacture of cutlery
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.08.2021.
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 12.08.2021 .