Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
AUCTUS V GmbH & Co. KG; Horst Pöppel Logistik und Transport GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-5859
On 01.02.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
AUCTUS V GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, intends to indirectly acquire 74.9 % of the shares in and thereby sole control of Horst Pöppel Logistik und Transport GmbH & Co. KG, VDEMZ GmbH, and TM Trailer Management GmbH, all of Germany. The seller Monika Zollner will continue to indirectly hold 25.01% of the shares in the companies.
The proposed transaction relates to the transport of fossil fuels as well as of chemicals and silo goods.
Industry sector: H - Verkehr und Lagerei
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 01.03.2022.
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 02.03.2022 .