Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Gilde Equity Management (GEM) Benelux Holding B.V.; Beheer Familie Boerman B.V.
BWB/Z-6964
On 10.06.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified transaction concern the proposed indirect acquisition of sole control of Beheer Familie Boerman B.V., Netherlands by Gilde Equity Management (GEM) Benelux Holding B.V, Netherlands.
Fields of activity: Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products; Manufacture of rusks and biscuits, manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes
C - MANUFACTURING C 10 - Manufacture of food products, C 10.7 - Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products, C 10.72 - Manufacture of rusks, biscuits, preserved pastries and cakes
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.07.2025.
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 09.07.2025 .