Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Harman International Industries, Incorporated; Viper Holdings Corporation
BWB/Z-6974
On 20.06.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, United States of America, a whollyowned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., South Korea, intends to purchase all of the shares in and sole control over Viper Holdings Corporation, United States of America.
The proposed transaction relates to consumer electronics.
ÖNACE Code: Manufacture of consumer electronics.
C - MANUFACTURING C 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, C 26.4 - Manufacture of consumer electronics, C 26.40 - Manufacture of consumer electronics
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 18.07.2025.
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 19.07.2025 .