Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
DBAG Fund VII; akquinet AG
BWB/Z-5915
On 31.03.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
DBAG Fund VII (Senningerberg / Luxembourg) intends to indirectly acquire the majority of shares in and sole control over akquinet AG (Hamburg / Germany) and its sub-
sidiaries. The intended concentration concerns IT services.
Affected business areas: Provision of information technology services.
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.04.2022.
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 29.04.2022 .