Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Platinum Falcon B 2018 RSC Limited; Zendesk, Inc.
BWB/Z-6013
On 12.07.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Platinum Falcon B 2018 RSC Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, intends to acquire a non-controlling interest of more than
25% of the shares in Zendesk, Inc. (San Francisco / USA). The proposed concentration concerns CRM software.
Affected industry: Software
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.08.2022.
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 10.08.2022 .