Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
SOSTNT Luxembourg S.à.r.l.; FTI Finanzholding GmbH
BWB/Z-2436
On the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of 30.56% of the shares of the FTI Finanzholding GmbH(Munich, Germany) by the SOSTNT Luxembourg S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg). The merger plan concerns the market for the mediation of tourist trips almost exclusively in Germany and the market for travel event in Germany and Austria.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.10.2014.
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.
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 03.10.2014 .