Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Franz Leitner & Söhne Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.; Julius Stiglechner GmbH
BWB/Z-7462
On 26.08.2026 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
F.Leitner, whose shareholders are Mag. Harald Leitner (50%) and Mag. Markus Leitner (50%), intends to acquire the following seven properties from the insolvency estate of Julius Stiglechner GmbH (each individual acquisition, as well as the acquisition of all properties together, hereinafter referred to as the “Transaction”):
Location Land Register Nr Business
Hauptstraße 2, 8063 Eggersdorf EZ 413, KG 63213 Eggersdorf Fuel station facilities
Reininghausstraße 63, 8020 Graz EZ 557, KG 63109 Baierdorf Fuel station facilities
Gewerbepark 1, 8402 Werndorf EZ 1131, KG 63292 Werndorf Fuel station facilities
Saaz 92, 8341 Paldau EZ 386, KG 62153 Saaz Fuel station facilities
Bundesstraße 130, 2102 Bisamberg EZ 1297, KG 11023 Bisamberg Fuel station facilities
Wr. Neustädter Str. 134, 2512 Traiskirchen EZ 2222, KG 04034 Tribuswinkel Fuel station facilities
Staasdorfer Straße 1, 3430 Tulln EZ 2662, KG 20189 Tulln Fuel station facilities
Julius Stiglechner GmbH is subject to insolvency proceedings (the insolvency proceedings were opened by order of the Regional Court of Linz (Landesgericht Linz, dated 5 December 2025, case no. 13 S 10/25b). The properties listed in Table 1 are to be acuired from the insolvency estate of Julius Stiglechner GmbH. The shareholders of Julius Stiglechner GmbH are Stiglechner Beteiligungs GmbH (commercial register no. FN 318509x) and Mr. KR Mag. Julius Stiglechner. The shareholder of Stiglechner Beteiligungs GmbH is the Stiglechner family.
The properties listed in Table 1 are currently used for the operation of service stations, convenience stores and/or food service businesses, as well as car wash facilities (see the notes in Table 1). With respect to each indvidual property, the contemplated Transaction constitutes an acquisition of an undertaking within the meaning of Section 7(1)(1) of the Austrian Cartel Act (KartG).
The Transaction is intended to be implemented as a single overall transaction.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 47 - Retail trade, G 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale, G 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco, G 47.3 - Retail sale of automotive fuel, G 47.30 - Retail sale of automotive fuel, I - ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES, I 56 - Food and beverage service activities, I 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities, I 56.11 - Restaurant activities, T - OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES, T 95 - Repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles, T 95.3 - Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles, T 95.31 - Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 23.09.2026.
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.