Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Permira Holdings Limited; Berge & Meer Touristik GmbH
BWB/Z-7150
On 24.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Permira Holdings Limited, Guernsey, intends to indirectly acquire 100% of the shares in and sole control of Berge & Meer Touristik GmbH, Germany, including its controlled subsidiaries.
The proposed transaction concerns the provision of package holidays.”
ÖNACE Code: Agency work for accommodation services.
I - ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES I 55 - Accommodation, I 55.4 - Intermediation service activities for accommodation, I 55.40 - Intermediation service activities for accommodation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.12.2025.
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 23.12.2025 .