Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Tönnies Unternehmensbeteiligungen GmbH; Ritzenhoff AG
BWB/Z-6554
On 16.04.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Tönnies Unternehmensbeteiligungen GmbH, Germany, intends to acquire 49% of the shares in Ritzenhoff AG, Germany. The proposed merger relates to production, decoration and trade of glass and ceramic goods.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.05.2024.
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 15.05.2024 .