Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.; BE Shaping the Future S.p.A.
BWB/Z-6010
On 11.07.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., Italy, intends to acquire indirectly through a wholly owned newly established acquisition vehicle up to 100% of the shares in and sole control of BE Shaping the Future S.p.A., Italy, through the acquisition of approximately 54% (fully diluted for the treasury shares) of the share capital of BE Shaping the Future S.p.A., which will trigger a mandatory tender offer on the remaining shares.
Industrial sector (ÖNACE-Code): Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.08.2022.
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 09.08.2022 .