Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Embracer Group AB; Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd
BWB/Z-5960
On 12.05.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Embracer Group AB, Sweden, intends to indirectly acquire certain assets from Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd., Japan.
Industry: games and gaming software.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.06.2022.
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 10.06.2022 .