Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
European Energy Exchange AG; NZX Limited; GlobalDiaryTrade Holdings Limited; Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited
BWB/Z-5949
On 03.05.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
European Energy Exchange AG, Leipzig, Germany, and NZX Limited, Wellington, New Zealand, intend to each acquire a non-controlling minority shareholding of 33.33 % in
GlobalDairyTrade Holdings Limited, Auckland, New Zealand.
Affected industries: Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco; Stock and commodity exchanges
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen K - Erbringung von Finanz- und Versicherungsdienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 31.05.2022.
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 01.06.2022 .