Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
FIBA Beteiligungs- und Anlage GmbH; Windhager Zentralheizung GmbH
BWB/Z-6500
On 01.02.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
FIBA Beteiligungs- und Anlage GmbH (Mondsee), whose shares are held by WAB Privatstiftung, intends to indirectly acquire the business operations of the Windhager Group (Seekirchen) in form of asset / share deals. The proposed concentration concerns the production and sale of heating solutions.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.02.2024.
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 waived their right to apply for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court before the deadline. The standstill obligation (§ 17(1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 19.02.2024 .