Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Nestlé SA; pro medico Handels GmbH
BWB/Z-5984
On 10.06.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Nestlé S.A. currently holds indirectly 20% of the shares in pro medico Handels GmbH, a company active in the distribution of food supplements. Nestlé S.A. now intends to acquire the remaining shares in pro medico Handels GmbH, thereby increasing its minority shareholding of 20% to indirect sole ownership.
Business sector concerned ÖNACE 2008: Wholesale of other food, beverages and tobacco.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.07.2022.
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 09.07.2022 .