Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Robus SCSP, SICAV-FIAR – Robus Recovery Fund II; ETERNA Mode Holding GmbH; Schifflange Gate S.à r.l.
BWB/Z-6049
On 19.08.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Robus SCSP, SICAV-FIAR - Robus Recovery Fund II (Luxembourg) intends to increase its already existing shareholding of 22.7% in ETERNA Mode Holding GmbH (Germany) by 21.02% to a total of 43.72%. Based on a Shareholders Agreement with Schifflange Gate S.à r.l., a fund of Quadriga Capital Eigenkapitalberatung GmbH (Frankfurt am Main), ETERNA Mode Holding GmbH will be jointly controlled by Robus SCSP, SICAV-FIAR - Robus Recovery Fund II and Schifflange Gate S.à r.l.
The following Austrian NACE codes are concerned: C 14 (Manufacture of wearing apparel)
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.09.2022.
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 17.09.2022 .