Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Avalon Buyer Limited; Gaming Laboratories International, LLC; Worldwide Laboratories, LLC; Kobetron, LLC
BWB/Z-6992
On 03.07.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
'Avalon Buyer Limited (United Kingdom), which is indirectly controlled by funds or vehicles advised or managed by affiliates of CVC Capital Partners plc (Jersey), intends to acquire more than 50% of the shares in and sole control over Gaming Laboratories International, LLC (USA); Worldwide Laboratories, LLC (USA); and Kobetron, LLC (USA). The concentration concerns testing, inspection and certification services for the gaming industry
N - PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES N 71 - Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis, N 71.2 - Technical testing and analysis
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 31.07.2025.
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 01.08.2025 .