Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Vesa Equity Investment S.à r.l.; Royal Mail plc
BWB/Z-6061
On 31.08.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Increase of shareholding in Royal Mail plc (London / United Kingdom) and its subsidiaries to more than 25% by Vesa Equity Investment S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg / Luxembourg).
The concentration concerns postal and parcel delivery services."
Affected industry: Postal and courier activities
Industry sector: H - Verkehr und Lagerei
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.09.2022.
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 29.09.2022 .