Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
SKH Funding Limited; austrion Holding AG
BWB/Z-7510
On 06.10.2026 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
SKH Funding Limited (Guernsey) intends to acquire sole control over austrion Holding AG and, indirectly, over its subsidiaries austrion Life Insurance AG, austrion IT GmbH and austrion Service GmbH (all Austria) as well as a 50% participation in Solyda S.R.L. (Italy) from the insolvency estate of FWU AG (Germany).
L - FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES L 65 - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security, L 65.1 - Insurance, L 65.11 - Life insurance
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.11.2026.
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.