Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Orlando Capital V GmbH & Co. KG; Lowell Financial Services GmbH
BWB/Z-7477
On 07.09.2026 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of 100% of the shares in Lowell Financial Services GmbH, Essen, Germany by Orlando Capital V GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, Germany.
Relevant industries: Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus; Other financial institutions; Other activities auxiliary to financial services.
L - FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES L 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding, L 64.9 - Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding, L 64.91 - Financial leasing, L 64.92 - Other credit granting, L 64.99 - Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding n.e.c., L 66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities, L 66.1 - Activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding, L 66.19 - Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding, O - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES, O 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities, O 82.9 - Business support service activities n.e.c., O 82.91 - Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.10.2026.
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.