Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
BKW Engineering AG; Geotechnik Tauchmann GmbH
BWB/Z-5827
On 28.12.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
BKW Engineering AG (Switzerland), which is wholly owned by BKW AG (Switzerland), which is listed on the stock exchange and currently majority-owned by the Canton of Berne, intends to acquire 100% of the shares in Geotechnik Tauchmann GmbH (Austria), which is owned by Mag. Alexander Tauchmann (through a holding company) (85%), DI Peter Auer (10%) and Sylvia Herzog (5%).
The merger concerns the business of providing ground investigation services engineering offices.
Industry sector: M - Erbringung von freiberuflichen, wissenschaftlichen und technischen Dienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.01.2022.
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 26.01.2022 .