Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft; HBV GmbH; Scheinecker Group
BWB/Z-6998
On 07.07.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Indirect acquisition of 70% of the shares in Scheinecker immobilien GmbH as well as Scheinecker GmbH, both based in Steinhaus near Wels, by (1) Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft, based in Linz (44.9%), and (2) HBV GmbH, based in Landl (25.1%). Additional shares in the target company will be acquired by Mr. Hubert Schuhleitner (15%), Mr. Christoph Graul (5%), Mr. Dino Lirk (5%), and Ms. Ulrike Scheinecker-Graul (5%). Following the completion of the transaction, changing majorities will be possible, meaning that the target company will be neither under sole nor joint control.
Affected Business Sector: Manufacture of tools; Other real estate and housing activities for third parties
C - MANUFACTURING C 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, C 25.6 - Manufacture of cutlery, tools and general hardware, C 25.63 - Manufacture of tools, M - REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES, M 68 - Real estate activities, M 68.3 - Real estate activities on a fee or contract basis, M 68.32 - Other real estate activities on a fee or contract basis
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.08.2025.
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 05.08.2025 .