Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Gimv NV; unizell Medicare GmbH
BWB/Z-6876
On 06.03.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Gimv NV (Belgium) intends to indirectly acquire approximately 70.9% of the shares in and sole control over unizell Medicare GmbH (Germany).
Economic sector: Other human health activities.
R - HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES R 86 - Human health activities, R 86.9 - Other human health activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.04.2025.
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 waived their right to apply for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court before the deadline. The standstill obligation (§ 17(1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 28.03.2025 .