Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Gilde Equity Management (GEM) Benelux Fund IV Coöperatief U.A.; Storage Group B.V.; Bruynzell Storage Group B.V. - BWB/Z-5560 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Gilde Equity Management (GEM) Benelux Fund IV Coöperatief U.A.; Storage Group B.V.; Bruynzell Storage Group B.V.

BWB/Z-5560

22.07.2021

On 22.07.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

The notified transaction concerns the planned acquisition of all issued and outstanding shares (100%) in Bruynzeel Storage Group B.V., the Netherlands by Storage Group B.V., the. Storage Group B.V. is indirectly owned (100%) by Gilde Equity Management (GEM) Benelux Fund V Coöperatief U.A. All entities mentioned are established in  the Netherlands.

The notified transaction concerns the following NACE code: C.31.09 – Manufacture of other furniture.

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.08.2021.

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 20.08.2021 .

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