Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Roche Holding AG; TIB Molbiol Gruppe
BWB/Z-5687
On 28.09.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Roche Holding AG, Switzerland, indirectly via two solely controlled subsidiaries (Roche Deutschland Holding GmbH, Germany, and Roche Molecular Systems Inc., USA), intends to acquire 100% of the shares in and sole control over each undertaking of TIB Molbiol Group.
Economic Sector: Manufacturing of other chemical products
Industry sector: E - Wasserversorgung; Abwasser- und Abfallentsorgung und Beseitigung von Umweltverschmutzungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 27.10.2021.
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 28.10.2021 .