Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc; Codemasters Group Holdings, plc.
BWB/Z-5101
On 16.11.2020 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., New York, USA intends to acquire all of the shares of, and control over, Codemasters Group Holdings plc, UK. The acquiror and the target are engaged in the development, publication, and supply of interactive entertainment software for consumers in the form of video games.
ÖNACE code: J 58.2 – Publishing of Software
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.12.2020.
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 15.12.2020 .