Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Tönnies International Management GmbH; IFF Ventures GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-7029
On 06.08.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Tönnies International Management GmbH, Germany, part of Premium Food Group, intends to acquire 50.025 % of the shares in and sole control over IFF Ventures GmbH & Co. KG, Germany and thereby over the "The Family Butchers Group".
Economic Sector Manufacturing; Manufacture of food products; Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products; Production of meat and poultry meat products.
C - MANUFACTURING C 10 - Manufacture of food products, C 10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products, C 10.13 - Production of meat and poultry meat products
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.09.2025.
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 04.09.2025 .