Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Montana Aerospace AG; S.R.I.F. NV (ASCO)
BWB/Z-5775
On 24.11.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Montana Aerospace AG (Reinach, Switzerland) a company ultimately controlled by DDr Michael Tojner, intends to acquire, via its wholly owned subsidiary Montana Aerospace
Deutschland GmbH (Dillingen /Saar, Germany), all shares in and sole control of S.R.I.F. NV (Zaventem, Belgium), the ultimate holding company of the Asco Group. Upon completion of the notified concentration, Montana Aerospace AG will exercise sole control over the Asco Group.
The notified transaction concerns the aerospace industry.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.12.2021.
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 23.12.2021 .