Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
DPE Investment Gesellschaft mbH; Lisoco Holding AG
BWB/Z-6661
On 26.07.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
DPE Investment Gesellschaft mbH, Germany, via a Swiss acquisition company, Spe-cialtyChem BidCo AG, Switzerland, which is indirectly held and controlled by Deutschland IV geschlossene Spezial-Investment GmbH & Co. KG and DPE Deutschland IV Co-Participation GmbH & Co. KG, intends to acquire 100 % of the shares in and sole control over Lisoco Holding AG, Switzerland, which holds all of the shares in IMPAG AG, Switzerland.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 23.08.2024.
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 24.08.2024 .