Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Kiwi Holdco CayCo, Ltd; Fondsdepot Bank
BWB/Z-5757
On 11.11.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of 100 % in and sole control over Fondsdepot Bank GmbH, Germany, by Kiwi Holdco CayCo, Ltd, Cayman Islands.
Economic Sector: Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
Industry sector: K - Erbringung von Finanz- und Versicherungsdienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.12.2021.
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 10.12.2021 .