Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
adm (Group) Limited; Konica Minolta Marketing Services Holding Company Limited
BWB/Z-6900
On 28.03.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
adm (Group) Limited (United Kingdom) intends to acquire Konica Minolta Marketing Services Holding Company Limited (United Kingdom) and all of its subsidiaries."
The transaction pertains to the marketing and communications services sector.
Affected economic sectors: 73
N - PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES N 73 - Activities of advertising, market research and public relations
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.04.2025.
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 26.04.2025 .