Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Ardian Holding S.A.S; Karl G. Miller Holding GmbH & Co. KG; MICOO GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-6914
On 15.04.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Deli Home Germany GmbH (Munich / Germany), which is indirectly managed by Ardian Holding S.A.S (Paris / France), intends to acquire all shares in and sole control over Karl G. Miller Holding GmbH & Co.
KG and MICOO GmbH & Co. KG.
Economic sector: ÖNACE 2025: Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials; and Hosting and other information services.
C - MANUFACTURING C 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials, K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES, K 63 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 13.05.2025.
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 14.05.2025 .