Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
FSN Capital-Fonds; Sanitärgruppe Stiller GmbH
BWB/Z-5520
On 08.07.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
FSN Capital GP VI Limited, in its capacity as general partner of FSN Capital branded Funds, plans to indirectly acquire the majority of the shares in and sole control over Sanitärgruppe Stiller GmbH, Germany, from Stiller und Salm GmbH & Co. KG, Germany and VR Equitypartner GmbH, Germany.
The proposed transaction concerns the sale of bathroom and sanitary equipment to end-customers.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.08.2021.
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 06.08.2021 .