Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Thoma Bravo, L.P.; EQS Group AG
BWB/Z-6433
On 24.11.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Thoma Bravo, intends to acquire the entire issued share capital of EQS Group AG via Pineapple German Bidco GmbH, a holding company ultimately controlled by funds managed by Thoma Bravo. The concentration concerns the provision of compliance software solutions.
ÖNACE-Code: Other software publishing.
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.12.2023.
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 23.12.2023 .