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The law firm bpv Huegel provided comprehensive support to NÖM AG during its merger with Vorarlberg Milch. 26 August 2025. As part of the transaction, NÖM AG is acquiring the production facility of Vorarlberg Milch GmbH in Feldkirch, which will be managed as part of the NÖM Group in future. At the same time, Vorarlberg Milch eGen is acquiring a direct 3% stake in NÖM AG and will be represented on the Supervisory Board. The transaction has already been approved by the Federal Competition Authority. The majority shares in NÖM AG remain unchanged with Raiffeisen-Holding NÖ-Wien reg. Gen via Niederösterreichische Milch Holding GmbH and with MGN Milchgenossenschaft Niederösterreich reg. Gen. bpv Huegel was responsible for structuring the transaction, conducting due diligence, drafting and negotiating the agreements, and handling the merger control proceedings. “The partnership between NÖM AG and Vorarlberg Milch represents a significant step forward for the Austrian dairy industry. We are pleased to have supported NÖM AG in this strategic development,” said Christoph Nauer, Co-Managing Partner at bpv Huegel. About bpv Huegel As one of Austria's leading law firms, bpv Huegel advises national and international clients in all sectors. It is regarded as the first address for highly complex mandates, the handling of which requires specialised tax and legal knowledge, many years of experience and economic understanding. With its Brussels office, bpv Huegel has a competence centre for EU law, European merger and antitrust law as well as regulatory and public procurement law located directly at the European institutions. bpv Huegel is a member of the "bpv LEGAL" alliance with offices in Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest and Prague and thus offers tailor-made solutions throughout CEE. In addition, the firm has long-standing cooperation agreements with leading international law firms worldwide. The full-service law firm was founded in 1979 and is represented in Austria by offices in Vienna, Baden and Salzburg, where it employs around 100 staff, including around 50 lawyers. Contact bpv Hügel Rechtsanwälte GmbH Alina Burlacu PR and Communications T: +43 1 26050-0 M: [email protected]

Vienna, 28 February 2025: Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner Rechtsanwälte (fwp) successfully advises an international banking consortium of eight banks on the restructuring and acquisition of MEGATECH Industries GmbH by the Italian SAPA Group. Advice included the transfer of outstanding loans and the related release of collateral in several jurisdictions. By today's closing the transaction was successfully completed. The Megatech Group, which is a multinational player in the field of automotive parts supplies, was fully taken over by the Italian SAPA Group, which specialises in plastic and light components. In the course of the transaction the outstanding loans of the Megatech Group were transferred to SAPA S.p.A. and the related collateral was released in several jurisdictions. The takeover of the multinational automotive part supplier by the Italian SAPA Group will open new strategic opportunities intended to sustainably strengthen the growth and competitiveness of both companies. Closing took place on 28 February 2025. In the course of this complex takeover fwp comprehensively advised a consortium of eight international banks on financial restructuring and transferring of outstanding loans. Legal aspects under German law were coordinated and successfully implemented in cooperation with the business law firm NOERR. "The successful cooperation once more underlines our competence in providing legal advice on complex financial transactions and we are pleased that our clients have relied on the far-reaching expertise of fwp in this complex international transaction," says fwp partner Markus Fellner, acting as the legal advisor of the deal together with his team. The fwp advisory team Markus Fellner (fwp partner) Peter Stiegler (fwp attorney) Florian Henöckl (fwp attorney) Maximilian Heinz (fwp associate) Claus Wintersteller (fwp associate) Mark Timar (fwp associate) Wolfgang Plischnack (fwp associate) Photo: Wolfgang Plischnack, Maximilian Heinz, Florian Henöckl, Markus Fellner, Peter Stiegler, Mark Timar, Claus Wintersteller (f.l.t.r.) For further information please visit our website at www.fwp.at. For further information please contact: Mail: [email protected]

Vienna, 27 February 2025: In the current reorganisation steps of KTM AG by a large restructuring team Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH (fwp) has advised the banks. At the reorganisation plan hearing on 25 February 2025 the team represented creditors representing claims amounting to a total of some EUR 1.2 billion. Before the reorganisation plan hearing a negotiation marathon had taken place to continue the financing of KTM AG, which, on the lawyers' side, had mainly been led by the fwp.TEAM headed by Markus Fellner. At the reorganisation plan hearing of KTM, which has run into financial distress, at Regional Court Ried im Innkreis on 25 February 2025 the reorganisation plan was agreed. The creditors accepted the reorganisation plan by a clear majority, thus taking a decisive step towards securing the future of the Austrian company. The reorganisation plan provides for payment of a 30% cash dividend to the creditors by 23 May 2025. In order to finance the reorganisation plan and ensure continuation of the company additional funds of EUR 750 million must be raised in total. Before the court hearing, numerous constructive meetings had been held with the stakeholders involved to develop a sustainable solution for KTM to be able to continue as a going concern. In those negotiations the financing banks had taken the lead and agreed to make a substantial contribution to stabilisation of the company. Successful acceptance of the reorganisation plan underlines the constructive negotiations of all parties involved and shows the crucial importance of expert legal advice in complex restructuring cases. "Acceptance of the reorganisation plan constitutes an important foundation for KTM's future. We are proud of having represented the financing banks in this challenging process and that our legal expertise contributed to successful implementation of the same," says fwp partner Markus Fellner. In the past few months, fwp's restructuring team has successfully advised a number of restructuring proceedings of listed companies both on the banks' side and on the shareholders' side. Exceptional results were achieved, above all in out-of-court reorganisations. The fwp advisory team Markus Fellner (fwp partner) Paul Luiki (fwp partner) Florian Kranebitter (fwp partner) Florian Henöckl (fwp attorney) Elisabeth Fischer-Schwarz (fwp attorney) Marie Müller (fwp associate) Petra Ungerböck (fwp associate) Manuel Schweiger (fwp associate) Sebastian Kremnitzer (fwp associate) Maximilian Heinz (fwp associate) Philipp Reisch (fwp associate) Denise Retegan (fwp associate) Photo: Philipp Reisch, Sebastian Kremnitzer, Petra Ungerböck, Florian Henöckl, Paul Luiki, Markus Fellner, Florian Kranebitter, Elisabeth Fischer-Schwarz, Marie Müller, Manuel Schweiger, Maximilian Heinz, Denise Retegan (f.l.t.r.) Copyright: fwp For further information please visit our website at www.fwp.at. For further information please contact: Mail: [email protected]

Vienna, 15 January 2025: Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner (fwp) appoints Josef Peer as an Equity Partner, taking a strategically significant step to further expand expertise at a leading level and to drive the sustainable development of the firm. As of January 2025, he joins the circle of Equity Partners. FWP has reached a major strategic milestone with the naming of Josef Peer as a new equity partner, underlining its goal of strengthening the firm for the long term and further developing its expertise at the highest management level. Josef Peer has been an indispensable part of the fwp.TEAM for more than nine years. He began his career at fwp in 2015 as an associate and has consistently developed since then: after working as a lawyer, he has now taken his next big career step and joined the ranks of equity partners. His professional focus is on public commercial law, planning, construction and regional planning law as well as infrastructure and ESG. He regularly gives specialist lectures on these topics and is also an external lecturer at the Sigmund Freud Private University in Vienna. With his extensive experience and advice to numerous well-known clients, the Tyrolean-born lawyer is one of the outstanding experts in these areas of law and has built up an excellent reputation in the industry over the last few years. "The appointment of Josef Peer as a partner is a significant step for our firm. Through his commitment, competence and excellent cooperation over almost a decade, he has not only made a major contribution to our success but also earned trust and appreciation," explains fwp partner Markus Fellner. "We are very pleased that Josef Peer has decided to take this step with us." "It is a great pleasure for me to continue my long-standing career at fwp in the role of partner. I look forward to continuing to contribute to the success of our clients and the firm in my new position," said the new Equity Partner on the occasion of his career advancement.“ fwp Partner Josef Peer For further information please visit our website at www.fwp.at. For further information please contact: Mail: [email protected]