Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
ArchiMed SAS; Cresbard lnvest S.L.
BWB/Z-5682
On 27.09.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The proposed transaction concerns the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Cresbard Invest S.L., Spain (including SuanFarma SAU and its subsidiaries), by ArchiMed SAS, France (the “Transaction”).
Fields of activity: Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.10.2021.
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 26.10.2021 .