Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
UPS Healthcare; FT Beteiligungsgesellschaft GmbH
BWB/Z-6740
On 11.10.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
UPS Healthcare intends to acquire approx. 90.01% of the shares in and sole control over FT Beteiligungsgesellschaft GmbH and 100% of the shares in and sole control over BPL Beteiligungs GmbH. The concentration concerns freight forwarding services in the form of transport, warehousing and value-added services for temperature-sensitive products.
H - TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.11.2024.
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 09.11.2024 .