Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford firmierend als Oxford University Press; S. Karger AG
BWB/Z-7120
On 03.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, intends to acquire all shares in S. Karger AG, Switzerland.
Affected economic sector: Publishing of journals and periodicals; Publishing of books.
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
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 01.12.2025.
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 02.12.2025 .