Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG; FTI Touristik GmbH
BWB/Z-6708
On 04.09.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG intends to indirectly acquire certain assets and subisidiaries out of the insolvency mass of FTI Touristik GmbH, specifically all shares in ANIXE Polska Sp. z o.o. (including certain related assets currently held by FTI Touristik GmbH), Hispanitalia Hotels S.r.l., and Hellas Star Resort S.A. The transactions concern software solutions for the travel industry, the brokerage of car rental services, and the operation of marketing of hotels.
Business sectors concerned: Erbringung von Dienstleistungen der Informationstechnologie; Vermietung von Kraftwagen; Beherbergung (Hotels, Gasthöfe und Pensionen).
I - ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES, N - PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 02.10.2024.
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 03.10.2024 .