Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
HMP Immobilien Holding GmbH; Pinzgau Milch Produktions GmbH
BWB/Z-7129
On 10.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
HMP Immobilien Holding GmbH intends to increase its shares in Pinzgau Milch Produktions GmbH from current 40% to 80%, thereby gaining sole control. As part of a carve-out, the 94.16% stake in Tirol Pack GmbH, previously held indirectly via Pinzgau Milch Produktions GmbH, is to be transferred in equal parts to HMP Immobilien Holding GmbH and Schröder Privatstiftung.
The proposed merger concerns the collection of raw cow's milk (purchasing market) and the distribution of dairy products (sales market) as well as the processing (cutting, portioning, and packaging) of cheese.
Industry sector: Processing of milk; Wholesale of dairy products, eggs, edible oils and fats; Retail sale of dairy products and eggs.
C - MANUFACTURING C 10 - Manufacture of food products, C 10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products, C 10.11 - Processing and preserving of meat, except of poultry meat, G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.3 - Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco, G 46.33 - Wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats, 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 09.12.2025.
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 10.12.2025 .