Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Wien Holding GmbH; Therme Wien GmbH & Co KG; Therme Wien Ges.m.b.H.
BWB/Z-3490
On the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Wien Holding GmbH intends to acquire from RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN registrierte Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftung their shares in Therme Wien GmbH & Co KG and their shares in Therme Wien Ges.m.b.H.Affected business area: Outpatient spa, therapies and rehabilitation, fitness, thermal baths, gastronomy, leisure and adventure water parks, wellness resorts
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.06.2017.
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 29.06.2017 .