Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
CECONOMY AG; Convergenta Invest GmbH
BWB/Z-7045
On 20.08.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
JD.com, Inc. intends to indirectly acquire a majority stake in and sole control over, but in any case at least 31.74% of the shares in, CECONOMY AG, Germany, from CECONOMY AG's shareholders by way of a public takeover offer.
Industry sector: Retail trade.
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 17.09.2025.
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 18.09.2025 .