Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
AlpInvest Partners B.V.; DPE Continuation Fund I GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-6054
On 24.08.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
AlpInvest Partners B.V. (Netherlands) intends to indirectly acquire a stake of more than 25 % of the limited partnership interests in DPE Continuation Fund I GmbH &
Co. KG, Germany, which in turn will exercise sole control over Valantic Group, Luxembourg, and Eraneos Group, Switzerland.
Economic Sector: IT Services
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 21.09.2022.
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 22.09.2022 .