Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Marc Aengenheyster; A+B HIDES GmbH & Co. KG; OSI Europe Foodworks GmbH
BWB/Z-6522
On 28.02.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Marc Aengenheyster (Germany) intends to acquire, together with OSI Europe Foodworks GmbH (Germany), joint control of A+B HIDES GmbH & Co KG (Germany), currently solely controlled by OSI Europe Foodworks GmbH.
The following Austrian NACE code is concerned: Manufacture of leather and related products.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 27.03.2024.
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 not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 28.03.2024 .