Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
AFINUM Neunte Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG; UNI PAC-MAN S.à.r.l; AF ZFB GmbH
BWB/Z-5981
On 07.06.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
AFINUM Neunte Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Munich, Germany, and UNI PACMAN S.à.r.l., Luxembourg, Luxembourg, intend to indirectly/directly acquire joint control over AF ZfB GmbH, Berlin, Germany, including its subsidiaries.
Activity concerned: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes; Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in
specialised stores
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.07.2022.
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 06.07.2022 .