Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs AG; Raiffeisen OÖ Invest GmbH & Co OG; MELECS Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-6266
On 03.05.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs AG, Linz, Austria, and Raiffeisen OÖ Invest GmbH & Co OG, Linz, Austria, intend to acquire controlling rights in MELECS EWS GmbH,
Siegendorf, Austria, the operative company of MELECS Group.
Industry sector (NACE): Manufacturing of electronic components; Manufacturing of other electronic equipment.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 31.05.2023.
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 01.06.2023 .