Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
PPF Group N.V.; ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE
BWB/Z-6934
On 13.05.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
PPF Group N.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, via PPF IM LTD, intends to increase its current noncontrolling minority shareholding of 14.58% of the share capital and the voting rights in ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, Unterföhring, Germany, to a non-controlling minority shareholding of up to 29.99%.
ÖNACE Code: Motion picture, video and television programme activities
J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES J 59 - Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities, J 59.1 - Motion picture, video and television programme activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 10.06.2025.
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 11.06.2025 .