Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Lekolar Group AB; Verenigde Heutink Bedrijven B.V.
BWB/Z-6575
On 14.05.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified concentration concerns the indirect acquisition of all the shares in and sole control of Verenigde Heutink Bedrijven B.V. und Heutink Investments B.V. (both: Nijverdal, the Netherlands) by Lekolar Group AB (Osby, Sweden), a company ultimately controlled by Interogo Foundation (Vaduz, Liechtenstein).
Economic Sectors: Wholesale of toys and musical instruments; Retail sale of games and toys.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.06.2024.
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 12.06.2024 .