Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
3i Group plc; Konges Sløjd A/S; L. Konge Holding ApS
BWB/Z-6019
On 25.07.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
3i Group plc, United Kingdom, and its affiliated entities intend to indirectly acquire 49.9 % of the voting rights and over 49.9 % of the ordinary equity in, and joint
negative control of, Konges Sløjd A/S, Denmark.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of wearing apparel; Manufacture of footwear; Manufacture of games and toys.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.08.2022.
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 23.08.2022 .