Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Viessmann Group GmbH & Co. KG; AT-VI-Limpio GmbH & Co KG
BWB/Z-6570
On 07.05.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Viessmann Group GmbH & Co. KG intends to acquire a non-controlling minority interest of approx. 36.5% of the shares in AT-VI-Limpio GmbH & Co. KG, Munich (the target). The target is a special
purpose entity with no business activities that holds an indirect non-controlling minority interest of approximately 35% of the shares in Schülke & Mayr GmbH. The transaction relates to the sale of
products in the areas of infection prevention and hygiene solutions.
ÖNACE Code: Manufacture of pharmaceutical specialities and other pharmaceutical products; Wholesale of pharmaceutical products.
C - MANUFACTURING G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.06.2024.
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 05.06.2024 .