Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Forum Media Group; PP AT GmbH; WEKA Business Solutions GmbH; WEKA Industrie Medien GmbH
BWB/Z-6991
On 02.07.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Forum Media Group GmbH intends to acquire all shares in and sole control over PP AT GmbH, and as such, indirectly over WEKA Business Solutions GmbH and WEKA Industrie Medien GmbH.
Economic Sectors: Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities; Publishing activities; Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing
Publishing of books; Publishing of journals and periodicals ; Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities; Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; Computer programming activities; Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities; Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; Computer programming activities Computer programming activities; Professional, scientific and technical activities; Activities of advertising, market research and public relations AdvertisingActivities of advertising agencies; Administrative and support service activities; Office administrative, office support and other business support activities; Organisation of conventions and trade shows
Education; Education; Educational support activities
J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES J 58 - Publishing activities, J 58.1 - Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing, J 58.11 - Publishing of books, J 58.13 - Publishing of journals and periodicals, K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES, K 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities, K 62.1 - Computer programming activities, K 62.10 - Computer programming activities, N - PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES, N 73 - Activities of advertising, market research and public relations, N 73.1 - Advertising, N 73.11 - Activities of advertising agencies, O - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES, O 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities, O 82.3 - Organisation of conventions and trade shows, O 82.30 - Organisation of conventions and trade shows, Q - EDUCATION, Q 85 - Education, Q 85.6 - Educational support activities, Q 85.61 - Intermediation service activities for courses and tutors, Q 85.69 - Educational support activities n.e.c.
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 30.07.2025.
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 31.07.2025 .