Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Pernod Ricard S.A.; The Whisky Experience Ltd.; Speciality Drinks Limited; ABV Global Ltd.; Whisky Auction Ltd; Elixir Group Holdings Limited
BWB/Z-5679
On 22.09.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Pernod Ricard S.A. (France) intends to acquire sole control over The Whisky Experience Ltd; Speciality Drinks Limited; ABV Global Ltd; and Whisky Auction Ltd (United Kingdom) from Elixir Group Holdings Limited (United Kingdom).
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 20.10.2021.
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 21.10.2021 .