Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft; MWS Industrieholding GmbH
BWB/Z-6173
On 10.01.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of 49.5% of the shares in MWS Industrieholding GmbH, based in Kufstein, Austria, by Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft, based in Linz,
Austria. Following the acquisition, Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft will also exercise sole (negative) control over MWS Industrieholding GmbH (and its subsidiaries) on the basis of contractually agreed co-determination (= veto) rights.
Relevant industries: Casting of light metals
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 07.02.2023.
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 08.02.2023 .