Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
DCC plc; HBI Health & Beauty Innovations Limited; Richard Bittner AG
BWB/Z-6880
On 11.03.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
DCC plc, Ireland, intends to indirectly through HBI Health & Beauty Innovations Limited acquire all shares of Richard Bittner AG, Austria.
The proposed transaction relates to food supplements, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.
ÖNACE Code: Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.; Manufacture of pharmaceutical products.
C - MANUFACTURING C 10 - Manufacture of food products, C 10.8 - Manufacture of other food products, C 10.89 - Manufacture of other food products n.e.c., C 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.04.2025.
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 not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 09.04.2025 .