Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Verdane Capital Group; asgoodasnew electronics GmbH
BWB/Z-7042
On 14.08.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Verdane Capital X (D) AB und Verdane Capital X (E) AB, c/o Verdane Capital Advisors, Birger Jarlsgatan 41 A, 111 45 Stockholm, Sweden, (Verdane Capital X), intends to increase its shareholding in asgoodasnew electronics GmbH, Georg-Simon-Ohm-Straße 6, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, from currently 38 % to more than 50 % and consequently acquire sole control over the company.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 47 - Retail trade, G 47.4 - Retail sale of information and communication equipment, G 47.40 - Retail sale of information and communication equipment
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.09.2025.
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 12.09.2025 .