Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Olive Tree Invest GmbH; Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
BWB/Z-6936
On 12.05.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Olive Tree Invest GmbH, Germany, intends to acquire prospectively at least 50% of the shares in and thereby control over Francotyp-Postalia Holdings AG, Germany, in the context of a delisting offer by Francotyp-Postalia Holdings AG.
Economic Sector: Wholesale of information and communication equipment; Manufacture of office machinery and equipment (except computers and peripheral equipment)
C - MANUFACTURING C 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c., C 28.2 - Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery, C 28.23 - Manufacture of office machinery and equipment, except computers and peripheral equipment, G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.5 - Wholesale of information and communication equipment, G 46.50 - Wholesale of information and communication equipment
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 10.06.2025.
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 11.06.2025 .