Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Fritsch BeteiligungsgmbH; Maxgi BVBA; Benchmark Beratungsgesellschaft für Unternehmensorganisation mbH; Rittinghaus Beratungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH; SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels-Aktiengesellschaft - BWB/Z-5404 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Fritsch BeteiligungsgmbH; Maxgi BVBA; Benchmark Beratungsgesellschaft für Unternehmensorganisation mbH; Rittinghaus Beratungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH; SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels-Aktiengesellschaft

BWB/Z-5404

06.05.2021

On 05.05.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Establishment of a full-function joint venture by Fritsch BeteiligungsgmbH (St. Pölten), Maxgi BVBA (Riemst, Belgium), Benchmark Beratungsgesellschaft für Unternehmensorganisation mbH (Munich, Germany), Rittinghaus Beratungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (St. Pölten), and SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels- Aktiengesellschaft (Salzburg).


Affected business area: Wholesale trade of other food products.

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

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 02.06.2021.

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 03.06.2021 .

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