Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
emdequity GmbH; B.H. Holding GmbH; BIG Invest Holding GmbH; FEINIKO Handelsgesellschaft mbH
BWB/Z-5558
On 21.07.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of shares in FEINIKO Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Dortmund, by emdequity GmbH, München, and BIG Invest Holding GmbH, Dortmund, and acquisition of sole control in FEINIKO Handelsgesellschaft mbH by emdequity.
Relevant industries: Wholesale of electrical household appliances; Wholesale of audio and video equipment
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 18.08.2021.
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 19.08.2021 .