Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Recber Asset Management GmbH; Forum Media Group GmbH; Spitta GmbH
BWB/Z-6481
On 16.01.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Forum Media Group GmbH, a subsidiary of Forum Holding GmbH, based in Merching, Germany, intends to acquire 80,00% and Recber Asset Management GmbH, a company of Mr. Halil Recber, based in Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany, intends to acquire 10,00% of the shares in Spitta GmbH, Based in Balingen, Germany, 100,00% subisidary of WEKA Group GmbH, based in Kissing, Germany.
This merger project relates to business division J-Information and Communication, in particular publishing.
J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 13.02.2024.
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 14.02.2024 .