Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
SPIE S.A.; DÜRR Group GmbH
BWB/Z-5647
On 01.09.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
SPIE S.A., France, intends to indirectly acquire, through SPIE Building Technology & Automation GmbH, Germany, all shares and thus sole control over DÜRR Group GmbH, Germany, including its subsidiaries, from A. Dürr Holding II GmbH, Germany. The proposed transaction concerns the area of other professional, scientific and technical activities.
Branch of business concerned: Other professional, scientific and technical activities
Industry sector: M - Erbringung von freiberuflichen, wissenschaftlichen und technischen Dienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.09.2021.
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 30.09.2021 .