Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Mitras F402b GmbH; Communardo Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-6712
On 09.09.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The investment funds Bregal Unternehmerkapital IV SCSp, Bregal Unternehmerkapital IV Funding Feeder SCSp, Bregal Unternehmerkapital IV-A SCSp and Bregal Unternehmerkapital IV-B SCSp (all Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), which are controlled by Bregal Unternehmerkapital AG (Switzerland), intend to indirectly - via Mitras F402b GmbH (Germany) - acquire 80,8% of the shares in and sole control over Communardo Holding GmbH (Germany).
The intended concentration concerns IT services with a focus on consulting and support services for the "modern workplace".
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Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 07.10.2024.
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 08.10.2024 .