Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
DZ BANK AG; Atruvia AG
BWB/Z-6112
On 20.10.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
DZ BANK AG, Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Atruvia AG, Germany, intend to establish a joint venture in which DZ BANK Group shall hold 49% and Atruvia AG 51% of the shares. The joint venture is to develop and distribute software for data analysis and offer related IT services.
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 17.11.2022.
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 18.11.2022 .