Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Activa Holding AG; Schweizerische-Cement-Industrie-Aktiengesellschaft; RAM Alternative SICAV – RAM Mobility Fund II
BWB/Z-6987
On 30.06.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Schweizerische Cement-Industrie-Aktiengesellschaft, based in Jona, Switzerland, intends to acquire a stake of approximately 37.5% and RAM Alternative SICAV – RAM Mobility Fund II, based in Lichtenstein, intends to acquire a stake of 25% in Activa Holding AG, based in Switzerland, which acts as the holding company of a predominantly Swiss group of companies active in the independent aftermarket for motor vehicles.
Activity concerned: Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories; Wholesale with other machines and equipment.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.6 - Wholesale of other machinery, equipment and supplies, G 46.64 - Wholesale of other machinery and equipment, G 46.7 - Wholesale of motor vehicles, motorcycles and related parts and accessories, G 46.72 - Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.07.2025.
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 29.07.2025 .