Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Südbayerisches Portland-Zementwerk Gebr. Wiesböck & Co. GmbH; ASAMER Kies- und Betonwerke GmbH
BWB/Z-6776
On 21.11.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Südbayerisches Portland-Zementwerk Gebr. Wiesböck & Co. GmbH, Rohrdorf, Germany ("Rohrdorfer") intends to acquire 49 % of the shares in and joint control over ASAMER Kies- und Betonwerke GmbH, Ohlsdorf, Austria ("AKB").
The transfer of the shares in AKB to Rohrdorfer as well as the empowerment of Rohrdorfer to exercise the associated governance rights will only take place after Ing. Hans Bodner Baugesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG has taken full control of (i) the Rohrdorfer plant in Linz (Aigengutstr. 26, 4020 Linz) and of (ii) the Rohrdorfer plant in Wels (Albrechtstraße 100, 4600 Wels).
Economic Sector: Manufacture of ready-mixed concrete.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.12.2024.
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 20.12.2024 .