Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
SCHMIDT’S Handelsgesellschaft mbH; Weyland Steiner Handwerks- und Industriebedarf GmbH & Co KG GmbH; Weyland GmbH
BWB/Z-6884
On 17.03.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
SCHMIDT’S Handelsgesellschaft mbH, based in Bürs, is a limited partner of Weyland Steiner Handwerks- und Industriebedarf GmbH & Co KG with a share of [CONFIDENTIAL] %. The other limited partner of Weyland Steiner Handwerks- und Industriebedarf GmbH & Co KG is Weyland GmbH with a share of [CONFIDENTIAL] %. SCHMIDT’S Handelsgesellschaft mbH intends to purchase and take over the limited partner share of Weyland GmbH in of Weyland Steiner Handwerks- und Industriebedarf GmbH & Co KG (“Share Deal”) in order to have sole control. At the same time, Weyland GmbH and SCHMIDT’S Handelsgesellschaft mbH acquires additional [CONFIDENTIAL] % of Weyland-Steiner Immobilie Bergheim GmbH (FN 182546 a) and will jointly control and hold this company together at equal shares.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.8 - Other specialised wholesale, G 46.84 - Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.04.2025.
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 15.04.2025 .