Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Cimpress plc; PAG Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-7050
On 25.08.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Indirect acquisition of 100 % of the shares in and sole control over PAG Holding GmbH, Austria, by Cimpress plc, Ireland.
Economic Sector: Manufacturing; Printing and reproduction of recorded media; Printing and services activities related to printing; Other Printing; Pre-press and pre-media services; C 18.14 | Binding and related
services
C - MANUFACTURING C 18 - Printing and reproduction of recorded media, C 18.1 - Printing and service activities related to printing, C 18.11 - Printing of newspapers, C 18.12 - Other printing, C 18.13 - Pre-press and pre-media services, C 18.14 - Binding and related services
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.09.2025.
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 23.09.2025 .