Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Sappho vierundneunzigste Holding GmbH; smaXtec animal care GmbH
BWB/Z-6833
On 24.01.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Sappho vierundneunzigste Holding GmbH intends to acquire all shares in smaXtec. The concentration concerns advanced health management systems for dairy cows.
ÖNACE Code: Manufacture of data processing devices and peripheral devices
C - MANUFACTURING C 26.2 - Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment, C 26.20 - Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 07.03.2025.
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.
On 20.02.2025 the applicant requested the extension of the deadline for the submission of an application for examination by six weeks, pursuant to § 11 (1a) Cartel Act. The deadline for the submission of an application for examinations by the administrative authorities is extended by six weeks, thus ending on 07.03.2025.
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 08.03.2025 .