Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
CVC Capital Partners; Stock Polska SP, Z.O.O.; BORCO-MARKEN-IMPORT Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-6307
On 06.07.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
CVC Capital Partners (United Kingdom) intends to, indirectly through an acquisition vehicle, acquire all shares in BORCO-MARKEN-IMPORT Matthiesen GmbH & Co KG (Germany) and BORCO Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungs GmbH (Germany) and thereby sole control over BORCO-MARKEN-IMPORT Matthiesen GmbH & Co KG. The concentration concerns the sale of alcoholic beverages, in particular special spirits.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.08.2023.
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 04.08.2023 .