Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG; BayWa Vorarlberg - BWB/Z-5114 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG; BayWa Vorarlberg

BWB/Z-5114

24.11.2020

On 23.11.2020 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

The notified transaction concerns the planned indirect (via ist 100o/o subsidiary Raiffeisen-Lagerhaus lnvestitionsholding GmbH) acquisition of 51o/o of the shares in BayWaVorarlberg HandelsGmbH, Austria, by RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, Austria. After completion of the transaction, RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG will hold 51% of the shares and sole control of BayWa Vorarlberg HandelsGmbH.

Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 21.12.2020.

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 22.12.2020 .

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