Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec; Qima Limited
BWB/Z-5797
On 13.12.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Canada), through its direct and wholly owned subsidiary CDP Investissements, Inc. (Canada), intends to acquire more than
25% of the issued share capital and joint control of QIMA Partners Limited (Hong Kong), which will wholly own the issued share capital of Pinnacle Inspection Limited
(Hong Kong) as well as (indirectly) QIMA Limited (Hong Kong).
Economic sector: Technical, physical and chemical testing
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 10.01.2022.
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 11.01.2022 .