Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Lukas Asset Management SE & Co. KG; Icon Parent Inc.
BWB/Z-6726
On 18.09.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Investment funds, vehicles and/or accounts advised and managed by various subsidiaries of KKR & Co. Inc., USA (together with its subsidiaries, "KKR") will indirectly acquire full ownership of, and KKR will acquire indirect sole control over, Instructure, Inc., USA. Lukas Asset Management SE & Co. KG, Germany, will acquire an indirect minority equity interest of more than 25% in one of the acquisition vehicles.
J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.10.2024.
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 17.10.2024 .