Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

eBay Inc.; Adevinta ASA - BWB/Z-5420 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

eBay Inc.; Adevinta ASA

BWB/Z-5420

20.05.2021

On 20.05.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Adevinta ASA (Norway) will acquire, from eBay Inc. (USA), 100% of the shares in the following companies: (i) eBay Classifieds Holding B.V., (ii) eBay Mobile Labs, Inc., (iii) eBay Services México, S. de R.L. de C.V., and (iv) Mobile.de GmbH. eBay Inc. will, in turn, acquire a non-controlling minority shareholding of more than 25% in Adevinta ASA.  


As a result of these two transactions, Schibsted ASA (Norway) (i.e., Adevinta ASA’s current controlling parent company) and eBay Inc. will each own a non-controlling minority shareholding of more than 25% in Adevinta ASA.  


The notified transactions relate to online classified ads services and online advertising.

Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 17.06.2021.

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.

Commitments (in German)

Case report

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 18.06.2021 .

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