Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft; Trifolia Management GmbH; Herba Chemosan Apotheker AG
BWB/Z-5810
On 20.12.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Indirect acquisition of 51 % of the shares in Admenta Beteiligungs GmbH by Trifolia Management GmbH and of the further 49 % of the shares in Admenta Beteiligungs
GmbH by Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft (economic owner: Privatstiftung für die Standorterhaltung in Oberösterreich), combined with the
acquisition of joint control over Herba Chemosan Apotheker-AG, in which Admenta Beteiligungs GmbH holds 99.06 %, and over Admenta Verwaltungs GmbH, in which
Admenta Beteiligungs GmbH holds 100 %.
Economic sector(s) concerned: Wholesale of pharmaceutical medical and orthopaedic goods
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 17.01.2022.
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 18.01.2022 .