Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Strategic Value Partners, LLC; Southern Graphics, Inc - BWB/Z-5672 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Strategic Value Partners, LLC; Southern Graphics, Inc

BWB/Z-5672

17.09.2021

On 16.09.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Funds managed by Strategic Value Partners, LLC and its affiliates (Connecticut/United States) intend to acquire the majority of shares in and sole control over Southern Graphics, Inc. (Kentucky / USA). The transaction concerns the provision of graphics imaging services to the packaging industry.

Affected industry: Printing and service activities related to printing"

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.10.2021.

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 15.10.2021 .

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