Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Solum Partners LP; Greenyard NV
BWB/Z-6930
On 09.05.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Solum Partners LP, USA, intends to indirectly acquire a shareholding of more than 50% in and sole control over Greenyard NV, Belgium.
Economic sector: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.3 - Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco, G 46.31 - Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 06.06.2025.
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 07.06.2025 .