Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Thalia Bücher GmbH; Lehmanns Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-5306
On 15.03.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified concentration concerns the proposed acquisition of all of the shares and sole control of Lehmanns Holding GmbH by Thalia Bücher GmbH from Lafayette Mittelstand Capital, Fund ll SCS and from Mrs Eva Schubert, Mr Markus Moser, Mrs Annette Felix, Mr Timm Riedl, Mr Volker Thurner-Meischen and Mr Detlef Büttner.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 12.04.2021.
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 13.04.2021 .