Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
ASO Lux 3 S.à r.l.,; Leder & Schuh Aktiengesellschaft; MRHG Holding AG
BWB/Z-6610
On 07.06.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
ASO Lux 3 S.à r.l. (Luxembourg), an investment holding company ultimately controlled by Alchemy Partners GP Limited (Guernsey), intends to acquire 49% of the shares in, and joint control (within the meaning of Austrian competition law) of, Leder & Schuh Aktiengesellschaft (Austria). MRHG Holding AG (Austria), the current sole shareholder of Leder & Schuh Aktiengesellschaft (Austria), will retain 51% of the shares in Leder & Schuh Aktiengesellschaft (Austria) and will have joint control of Leder & Schuh Aktiengesellschaft (Austria) together with ASO Lux 3 S.à r.l. (Luxembourg). The concentration concerns the retail sale of footwear.
ÖNACE Code: Retail sale of footwear in specialized stores.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.07.2024.
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 06.07.2024 .