Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Blum Group Holding GmbH; DPCT GmbH; Filzmaier Privatstiftung
BWB/Z-6114
On 25.10.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Blum Group Holding GmbH (FN 61873 s) intends, by means of the purchase and assignment agreement and by exercising CALL-OPTION I, to acquire from Filzmaier Privat-Stiftung (FN 203991 m) a share with a nominal value of EUR 4. 929.00 in DPCT GmbH (FN 570848 h) as well as a further part of its share in the amount of EUR 17,500.00, so that Blum Group Holding GmbH (FN 61873 s) will hold a share in the nominal amount of EUR 26,285.00 (75.1%) in DPCT GmbH (FN 570848 h) after the two transactions.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.11.2022.
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 23.11.2022 .