Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Landgard Blumen & Pflanzen GmbH; Landgard Obst & Gemüse Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-6282
On 24.05.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of an additional 28.7% of the shares by Landgard Obst & Gemüse GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, in Landgard Obst & Gemüse Holding GmbH, Germany. Following the merger, the acquirer will hold 100% of the shares in the target company.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 21.06.2023.
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 22.06.2023 .