Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Premiumsport-Service GmbH; INTERCONTACT Österreich GmbH
BWB/Z-5427
On 25.05.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Premiumsport-Service GmbH, reg-no 553267d, Wels/Austria intends to acquire 100 % of the shares in INTERCONTACT Österreich GmbH, reg-no 400089t, Wels/Austria, including its shares in its affiliated undertakings, particularly directly in INTERSPORT Österreich e.Gen., reg-no 94556d, Wels/Austria (99 %), and indirectly (via INTERSPORT Österreich e.Gen.) in INTERSPORT AUSTRIA Gesellschaft m.b.H., reg-no 101648h, Wels/Austria.
Affected business area: retail and wholesale of sporting goods and sportswear.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.06.2021.
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 23.06.2021 .