Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Philip Morris International Inc.; Fertin Pharma A/S
BWB/Z-5577
On 29.07.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified transaction is the acquisition of Fertin Pharma A/S by PMI Global Services, Inc.
Affected industries: Manufacturing and development of oral and intra-oral delivery technologies.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.08.2021.
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 27.08.2021 .