Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
HLSW GmbH; AIH Investment Holding AG
BWB/Z-2369
On the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
HLSW Ltd (Wels, Austria) intends to acquire a non-controlling minority participation of about 26.5% of the shares of AIH Investment Holding AG (Brunn am Gebirge, Austria). The union plan concerns the furniture retail trade sector.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 30.07.2014.
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.