Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft; BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH; Wohlfart Beteiligungs GmbH
BWB/Z-6062
On 31.08.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft (Linz/Austria), BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (Munich/Germany) and Wohlfahrt Beteiligungs GmbH (Weiden in der Oberpfalz/Germany) intend to acquire 43%, 25% and 25%, respectively, of the shares in and joint control over Pichler & Strobl GmbH (Anthering/Austria)
The contemplated transaction concerns contract manufacturing of individual high-precision parts made of high-quality metals and platics.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.09.2022.
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 29.09.2022 .