Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Lamb Weston Holland B.V; Meijer Frozen Foods B.V.
BWB/Z-6131
On 21.11.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Lamb Weston Holland B.V., the Netherlands, and Meijer Frozen Foods B.V,the Netherlands, currently each hold a 50% partnership interest in Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F., the Netherlands, and control it jointly. Lamb Weston Holland B.V. intends to (indirectly) acquire all partnership interest in Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F. and sole control. Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F. manufactures and sells deep-frozen and dehydrated potato products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.12.2022.
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 20.12.2022 .