Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Signa Medien GmbH; Ostthüringer Zeitung Verlag GmbH & Co KG; OTZ Ostthüringer Zeitung Verlag Verwaltungs GmbH - BWB/Z-5892 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Signa Medien GmbH; Ostthüringer Zeitung Verlag GmbH & Co KG; OTZ Ostthüringer Zeitung Verlag Verwaltungs GmbH

BWB/Z-5892

02.03.2022

On 02.03.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Acquisition of shares of OSTTHÜRINGER ZEITUNG Verlag GmbH & Co KG (Gera, Germany) and of OTZ OSTTHÜRINGER Zeitung Verlag Verwaltungs-GmbH (Gera, Germany) by SIGNA Medien GmbH (Austria, Innsbruck) of 40% by an assignment of shares and change to joint control of OSTTHÜRINGER ZEITUNG Verlag GmbH & Co KG and OTZ OSTTHÜRINGER ZEITUNG Verlag Verwaltungs GmbH to SIGNA Medien GmbH (Austria, Innsbruck) and the existing shareholder FUNKE OTZ GmbH (Erfurt, Germany).

Bussiness sector concerned: Information and communication (media).

Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 30.03.2022.

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 31.03.2022 .

back to list