Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Transgourmet Holding AG; TOP-TEAM Zentraleinkauf GmbH
BWB/Z-7083
On 01.10.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Transgourmet Holding AG, Basel, Switzerland, controlled by the Coop Group Cooperative, Basel, Switzerland, intends to acquire 50% of the shares in TOP-TEAM Zentraleinkauf GmbH from UNIGRUPPE GmbH and hence increase its current share of 50% to 100% to acquire sole control over TOP-TEAM Zentraleinkauf GmbH.
Economic sector: Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco products; Wholesale of consumer goods.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.3 - Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco, G 46.4 - Wholesale of household goods
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.10.2025.
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.
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 30.10.2025 .