Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Sprints Partners LLP; Styria Media Group AG; willhaben internet service GmbH & Co KG
BWB/Z-6873
On 03.03.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Funds advised by Sprints Partners, LLP, UK, intend to indirectly acquire 49.9999% of the shares in and joint control of willhaben internet service GmbH & Co KG and willhaben internet service GmbH.
K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES K 63 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities, K 63.9 - Web search portal activities and other information service activities, K 63.91 - Web search portal activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 31.03.2025.
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 01.04.2025 .