Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Viessmann Group GmbH & Co KG; Viessmann dritte Investment GmbH & Co KG; aqotec Holding GmbH - BWB/Z-6117 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Viessmann Group GmbH & Co KG; Viessmann dritte Investment GmbH & Co KG; aqotec Holding GmbH

BWB/Z-6117

31.10.2022

On 28.10.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Viessmann Group GmbH & Co KG, with its corporate seat in Allendorf (Eder), Federal Republic of Germany, intends to acquire indirectly through its subsidiary Viessmann dritte Investment GmbH & Co KG, with its corporate seat in Allendorf (Eder), Federal Republic of Germany, a shareholding corresponding to a 49,9% interest in the share capital of aqotec Holding GmbH with its corporate seat in Weißenkirchen im Attergau, Austria, which is the holding company of a group of companies active in the field of local and district heating technology.  

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren F - Baugewerbe/Bau

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.11.2022.

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 26.11.2022 .

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