Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Alcentra Limited; Partners Group; Unzer Gruppe
BWB/Z-6470
On 05.01.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Indirect Acquisition of a non-controlling minority shareholding of more than 25 % in Unzer Group GmbH, Germany, by funds managed and/or advised by Alcentra Limited, United Kingdom, and Partners Group Holding AG, Switzerland.
Economic Sector: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, exceptinsurance and pension funding.
K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 02.02.2024.
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 03.02.2024 .