Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
PONDS d.o.o.; Leder & Schuh Aktiengesellschaft
BWB/Z-7130
On 12.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
PONDS d.o.o., Virska cesta 1, 1230, Domžale, Slovenia, a Slovenian business and management consulting company and investor, intends to directly acquire all shares in and sole
control over the European shoe retailer Leder & Schuh Aktiengesellschaft, FN 36782 t, Austria.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 47 - Retail trade, G 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles, G 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing, G 47.72 - Retail sale of footwear and leather goods
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 10.12.2025.
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 11.12.2025 .