Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Heintz & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft für Beteiligungen; UBM hotels Management GmbH
BWB/Z-4142
On 15.10.2018 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Heintz & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft für Beteiligungen (Munich / Germany) intends to indirectly acquire 50% of the shares and joint control over UBM hotels Management GmbH (Vienna /Austria). The concentration concerns the operation of hotels.
Industry sector: I - Gastgewerbe/Beherbergung und Gastronomie
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 12.11.2018.
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 13.11.2018 .