Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Atlantic Holding Parent Inc.; KKR & Co. Inc. - BWB/Z-5947 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Atlantic Holding Parent Inc.; KKR & Co. Inc.

BWB/Z-5947

28.04.2022

On 28.04.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Atlantic Holding Parent Inc., a special purpose vehicle indirectly controlled by funds, investment vehicles, and/or separately managed accounts advised and/or managed by one or more subsidiaries of KKR & Co. Inc. (USA), intends to indirectly acquire all assets of and sole control over Barracuda Parent, LLC (USA). The concentration concerns IT security solutions. 

Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.05.2022.

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 27.05.2022 .

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