VDL Groep BV; Van Hool NV; Immoroc NV

On 03.05.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

VDL Groep BV, Netherlands, intends to acquire, by way of an asset transfer, the bus and coach business of the insolvent Van Hool Group (consisting of Van Hool NV, Immoroc NV and their affiliated companies) as well as all of the shares in and sole control over Van Hool Macedonia D.o.o.e.l. Ilinden, North-Macedonia, and at most a non-controlling minority stake of 38.5% of the shares in ABC Bus Company Inc., United States of America.

The proposed transaction relates to the manufacturing and sale of buses and coaches. 

ÖNACE Code: C.29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 31.05.2024.

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.

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