Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Equistone Partners Europe Limited; ADM (Group) Limited
BWB/Z-5714
On 18.10.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Equistone Partners Europe Limited, the investment manager for the Equistone private equity group, seated in England, intends to acquire 48.5 % of the shares in Trebetherick Investments Limited which is the holding company of ADM Group Limited, a global marketing and supply chain execution agency headquartered in England.
Economic sector: Print management (incl. point of sale marketing materials)
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 15.11.2021.
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 16.11.2021 .