Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
MRHG Holding AG; Salamander Austria GmbH; Delka GmbH
BWB/Z-6386
On 21.09.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
MRHG Holding AG intends to indirectly acquire via Leder & Schuh Aktiengesellschaft by way of an asset deal certain contractually specified assets of the companies operated by Sala-mander Austria GmbH and Delka GmbH, in particular their respective customer base and cer-tain intellectual property rights. The parties are predominantly active in the retail of shoes.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.10.2023.
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 20.10.2023 .