Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Lehmanns Media GmbH; Thalia Bücher GmbH
BWB/Z-7113
On 22.10.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Lehmanns and TBG intend to acquire various assets of Mediengruppe Stein.
Austrian NACE codes: Wholesale trade of books, newspapers, journals and periodicals.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.4 - Wholesale of household goods, G 46.49 - Wholesale of other household goods
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.11.2025.
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 20.11.2025 .