Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Raiffeisen Continuum GmbH & Co KG; HIMA Beteiligungs GmbH; SchirO GmbH; L. Liehmann & Co. GmbH; 4U-DMV GmbH
BWB/Z-5897
On 04.03.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Raiffeisen Continuum GmbH & Co KG (Austria), a controlled subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International AG (Austria), together with HIMA Beteiligungs GmbH
(Austria) und SchriO GmbH (Austria), intends to acquire 100% of the shares in L.
Liehmann & Co. GmbH (Austria) und 4U - DMV GmbH (Austria).
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 01.04.2022.
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 02.04.2022 .