Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
BILLA Immobilien GmbH; Penny GmbH; UNIMARKT Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG; Hypo Immobilien Anlagen GmbH; KSR Immobilien GmbH
BWB/Z-7067
On 12.09.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The intended concentration concerns (i) the acquisition of food retail premises located in Thannstraße 20, 4490 St. Florian from Unimarkt Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG by BILLA Immobilien GmbH, (ii) the long-term rental of food retail premises located in Hartheimerstraße 31, 4030 Linz-Ebelsberg from Hypo Immobilien Anlagen GmbH
and (iii) the long-term rental of food retail premises located in Gansberg 53, 3970 Weitra from KSR Immobilien GmbH by Penny GmbH.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 47 - Retail trade, G 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 24.10.2025.
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.
On 09.10.2025 the applicant requested the extension of the deadline for the submission of an application for examination by two weeks, pursuant to § 11 (1a) Cartel Act. The deadline for the submission of an application for examinations by the administrative authorities is extended by two weeks, thus ending on 24.10.2025.
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 25.10.2025 .