Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Milchtrocknung Südhannover eG; Uelzena-Gruppe; DMK-Gruppe - BWB/Z-5382 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Milchtrocknung Südhannover eG; Uelzena-Gruppe; DMK-Gruppe

BWB/Z-5382

22.04.2021

On 22.04.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Uelzena eG ("Uelzena"), Uelzen, Germany, plans to increase its shares in Milchtrocknung Südhannover eG ("MTS"), Lamspringe, Germany, from currently 18.44% to 25.25% and to acquire the necessary shares from Meiereigenossenschaft Holtsee- Ascheberg eG ("Holtsee"), Holtsee, Germany.


Molkerei Niesky GmbH ("Niesky"), Niesky, Germany, plans to increase its shares in Milchtrocknung Südhannover eG ("MTS"), Lamspringe, Germany, from currently 16.74% to 23.54% and to acquire the necessary shares from Meiereigenossenschaft Holtsee-Ascheberg eG ("Holtsee"), Holtsee, Germany.


Holtsee will thus cease to be a shareholder of MTS. The associated reduction in the number of members of the MTS from seven to six is linked to the acquisition of negative sole control by DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH, Zeven, Germany.


The seller and the target company are active in the acquisition and further processing of whey and whey concentrate.

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 20.05.2021.

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 21.05.2021 .

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