Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
CCP IV Cayman GP LTD; Advent International Corporation; Aareal Bank AG
BWB/Z-5843
On 12.01.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
CCP IV Cayman GP LTD., George Town, Cayman Islands, and Advent International Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, each intend to acquire indirectly
approximately 37 % of the voting rights of Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Economic Sector: Provision of financial services
Industry sector: K - Erbringung von Finanz- und Versicherungsdienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.02.2022.
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 10.02.2022 .