Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
CLT-UFA S.A.; RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG, Deutschland
BWB/Z-5443
On 02.06.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
CLT-UFA S.A., Luxemburg, a holding company controlled by RTL Group S.A., Luxembourg (together with affiliated companies: RTL Group), intends to increase its existing stake in RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (SuperRTL), from 50% to 100% by acquiring (via CLT-UFA Germany GmbH) the shares currently held by BVI Television Investments, Inc., a 100% indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company Inc., USA.
The intention is therefore for RTL Group to acquire sole control over SuperRTL.
Business Sectors Concerned: Television programming and broadcasting activities
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 30.06.2021.
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.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have waived their right to apply for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court before the deadline. The standstill obligation (§ 17(1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 23.06.2021 .