Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Drees & Sommer SE; Max Bögl Stiftung & Co. KG; DS & MB GmbH
BWB/Z-6804
On 17.12.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Drees & Sommer SE (Germany) intends to acquire a 10%-shareholding in DS & MB EPC GmbH (Germany) from Max Bögl Stiftung & Co. KG (Germany). Drees & Sommer SE and Max Bögl Stiftung & Co. KG will have joint control over DS & MB EPC GmbH.
The transaction concerns planning and consulting services in the construction and property sectors and construction and civil engineering services.
Economic sectors concerned: Construction of residential and non-residential buildings; Civil engineering; Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy.
F - CONSTRUCTION
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.01.2025.
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 15.01.2025 .