Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Houting UK Limited; Keyword Studios Plc
BWB/Z-6656
On 23.07.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Houting UK Limited (United Kingdom), indirectly wholly-owned by EQT’s BPEA Fund VIII (Cayman Islands), intends to acquire sole control over Keyword Studios Plc (United Kingdom) and its subsidiaries by way of a scheme of arrangement concerning all of the shares in the Target.
The concentration concerns the provision of outsourced gaming technology services.
J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 20.08.2024.
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 21.08.2024 .