Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Aroma Productions AG; FS Activation AG; Michael Achermann; missMEDIA GmbH
BWB/Z-4278
On 18.01.2019 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Aroma Productions AG (Zurich, Switzerland), FS Activation AG (Zurich, Switzerland) and Michael Achermann (Zurich, Switzerland) intend to jointly acquire 50% of the shares in missMEDIA GmbH (Vienna, Austria), thereby acquiring joint control over missMEDIA GmhH.
Afficted business areas: Media
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 15.02.2019.
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 16.02.2019 .