Decision Nº M/13/014 from Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, 2013-05-17

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Parties: Gothia Financial Group AS,arvato infoscore GmbH
• Date: 17 May 2013
• Decision Number: M/13/014
• Status: Cleared (Phase 1)
• Court: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (Ireland)
• Decision Date: 17 May 2013

DETERMINATION OF MERGER NOTIFICATION M/13/014 -

arvato infoscore GMBH/Gothia Financial Group

Section 21 of the Competition Act 2002

Proposed acquisition by arvato infoscore of sole control of Gothia

Financial Group

Dated 17/May/2013

Introduction

1. On 24th April 2013, in ac cordance w ith sec tion 18 of the Competition

Act 2002 (“the Act”), the Competition Authority (“the Authority”)

received a notification of a proposed transacti on whereby Bertelsmann

SE & Co. KGaA (“Bertelsmann”) would acquire the entire issued and

outstanding shares in Gothia Financial Group A.S. (“Gothia”) through

arvato infoscore Gmbh (“arvato”).

The Undertakings Involved

The Acquirer

2. Arvato is a pri vate limited liability company organised under the laws

of Germany and a wholly owned s ubsidiary of Berte lsmann. It provides

business processes solutions including all services related to the

manufacture and distribution of printed products and digital storage

media, as well as data management, customer care, customer

relationship management servic es, supply chain management, digital

distribution, financial services, and individual ised IT services.

3. Bertelsmann, headquartered in Gütersloh, Germany, is a private

partnership limited by shares,

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and active in over 50 countries in

television, radio, book publishing, magazine publishing, media servic es

and med ia clubs. 80.9 per cent of the share capital in Bert elsmann is

held indirectly by foundations (Bertelsmann Stiftung, Reinhard Mohn

Stiftung, BVG-Stiftung) and 19.1 percent is held indirectly by the Mohn

family. Bertelsmann has four corporate divis ions:

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• RTL Group (“RTL”) is a broadcasting a nd production company

operating radio and television stations within Europe but not

within the State,

• Random House is involved in book publishing,

• Gruner + Jahr (“G+J”) is involved in printing and publishing

magazines and newspapers including via th e internet, and

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