Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
General Electric Company; BKM Medical Holding Inc.
BWB/Z-5767
On 18.11.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
General Electric Company intends to acquire 100 % of the shares in and sole control
over BKM Holding Company Inc., both USA.
Economic sector: Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.12.2021.
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 17.12.2021 .