Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
SCHMIDT'S Handelsgesellschaft mbH; PWN Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-6892
On 21.03.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
SCHMIDT’S Handelsgesellschaft mbH, based in Bürs, intends to acquire and take over PWN Holding GmbH (FN 636207 z, HG Wien) by way of a share deal. PWN Holding GmbH is the sole shareholder of Wallner & Neubert Gesellschaft m.b.H. (FN 162084 d, LG Wiener Neustadt), based in Mödling, and Purator Ekotehnika d.o.o., based in Lestane, Serbia.
The business sectors affected by the planned merger are wholesale of metal and plastic goods for construction purposes and installation requirements for gas, water and heating with the OENACE-code 46.84-0.
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 22.04.2025.
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 23.04.2025 .