Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Verdane Capital XI Investments AB; HQ Equita GmbH
BWB/Z-6415
On 03.11.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Verdane Capital XI Investments AB, Sweden, intends to indirectly, through a newly established acquisition vehicle, acquire sole control over and 100 % of the shares in, HQ Equita GmbH, Germany, and 46 % of the limited partnership interests in HQ Equita Beteiligungen V GmbH & Co. KG, Germany.
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 01.12.2023.
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 02.12.2023 .