Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Booking Holdings Inc.; Getaroom, Inc. - BWB/Z-5770 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Booking Holdings Inc.; Getaroom, Inc.

BWB/Z-5770

22.11.2021

On 19.11.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Booking Holdings Inc., Connecticut, USA, intends to acquire all shares in and sole control over Getaroom, Inc., Dallas, Texas, United States.
Economic Sector: Other reservation services and related activities n.e.c.

Industry sector: N - Erbringung von sonstigen wirtschaftlichen Dienstleistungen

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 17.12.2021.

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 29.12.2021 .

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