Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Pon Bicycle Holding BV; Volkswagen Financial Services AG; Digital Mobility Leasing GmbH
BWB/Z-7512
On 07.10.2026 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Pon Bicycle Holding BV (Amsterdam / Netherlands) intends to raise its existing shareholding from 23% to 41% in Digital Mobility Leasing GmbH (Kassel / Germany).
The proposed transaction concerns financial services.
O - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES O 77 - Rental and leasing activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.11.2026.
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.