Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc.; Rovio Entertainment Corporation
BWB/Z-6291
On 13.06.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., a stock corporation under Japanese law, with its registered office at Sumitomo Fudosan Osaki Garden Tower, 1-1-1 Nishi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0033, Japan, intends to acquire, through Sega Europe Limited, 27 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9BW, United Kingdom (a wholly-owned, indirect, subsidiary of Sega Sammy) of Rovio Entertainment Corporation, a public limited liability company incorporated under the Laws of Finland, with its registered office at Keilaranta 7, 02150 Espoo, Finland.
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.07.2023.
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 12.07.2023 .