Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Geis Holding GmbH & Co KG; AUGUSTIN QUEHENBERGER GROUP GMBH
BWB/Z-6929
On 08.05.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Geis Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) intends to acquire an additional shareholding of 20% in AUGUSTIN QUEHENBERGER GROUP GMBH (Austria), as a result of which Geis Holding GmbH & Co. KG will have sole control over AUGUSTIN QUEHENBERGER GROUP GMBH.
The Transaction concerns freight forwarding and transport services and contract logistics services.
H - TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE H 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation, H 52.2 - Support activities for transportation, H 52.25 - Logistics service activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.06.2025.
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 06.06.2025 .