Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Merkur Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft; Granit Holding GmbH; SHR Thermen & Hotel Beteiligung GmbH; Thermalquelle Loipersdorf Gesellschaft m.b.H. - BWB/Z-6047 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Merkur Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft; Granit Holding GmbH; SHR Thermen & Hotel Beteiligung GmbH; Thermalquelle Loipersdorf Gesellschaft m.b.H.

BWB/Z-6047

19.08.2022

On 18.08.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Merkur Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft, Graz, Granit Holding GmbH, Graz and SHR Thermen & Hotel Beteiligung GmbH, Bad Gleichenberg, as consortium partners intend to indirectly acquire all of the shares in Thermalquelle Loipersdorf Gesellschaft m.b.H., Bad Loipersdorf.

Industry sector: I - Gastgewerbe/Beherbergung und Gastronomie R - Kunst, Unterhaltung und Erholung, S - Erbringung von sonstigen Dienstleistungen

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 15.09.2022.

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 16.09.2022 .

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