Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
EQT Fund Management S.à.r.l.; CFC Gruppe Limited
BWB/Z-5868
On 07.02.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
EQT IX, managed by EQT Fund Management S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg), intends to acquire a shareholding of more than 25% in CFC Group Limited (United Kingdom) and
its subsidiaries. The proposed concentration concerns insurance intermediary services.
Affected industry: Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Industry sector: K - Erbringung von Finanz- und Versicherungsdienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 07.03.2022.
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 08.03.2022 .