Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.; Foot Locker, Inc.
BWB/Z-6981
On 24.06.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Indirect acquisition of all shares in and sole control over Foot Locker, Inc., USA, by Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc., USA.
Economic sector: Wholesale and Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail of clothing.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 47 - Retail trade, G 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles, G 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.07.2025.
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 23.07.2025 .