Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.; JDE Peet’s N.V.
BWB/Z-7097
On 15.10.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (USA) intends to acquire all outstanding shares in and sole control over JDE Peet’s N.V. (The Netherlands).
The transaction concerns coffee products. ÖNACE 2025 codes: Processing of tea and coffee; Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices.
C - MANUFACTURING C 10 - Manufacture of food products, C 10.8 - Manufacture of other food products, C 10.83 - Processing of tea and coffee, G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.3 - Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco, G 46.37 - Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 12.11.2025.
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 13.11.2025 .