Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Andreas STIHL AG & Co. KG; Mogatec GmbH - BWB/Z-6180 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Andreas STIHL AG & Co. KG; Mogatec GmbH

BWB/Z-6180

17.01.2023

On 17.01.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Andreas STIHL AG & Co. KG, Germany, intends to acquire, indirectly via its fully  owned subsidiary STIHL International GmbH, Germany, all shares in and sole control  over Mogatec GmbH, Germany. 

Economic Sector: Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery 

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.02.2023.

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 15.02.2023 .

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