Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Bugaboo International B.V.; Joolz Holding B.V.
BWB/Z-6953
On 28.05.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Bugaboo International B.V., Netherlands, indirectly owned and controlled by MC Private Equity IV UK AIV, L.P., United Kingdom, intends to acquire all of the shares in and exclusive control over Joolz Holding B.V., Netherlands.
Economic sector: Manufacture of other transport equipment.
C - MANUFACTURING C 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.06.2025.
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 26.06.2025 .