Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Hans R. Schmid Holding AG; OP GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-5919
On 01.04.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Hans R. Schmid Holding AG, Germany, or an affiliate, intends to acquire 70% of the shares of and sole control over OP GmbH & Co. KG, Germany. The transaction concerns the distribution of office equipment and other IT hardware as well as office material.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.04.2022.
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 30.04.2022 .