Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Caesar BidCo GmbH; CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA
BWB/Z-6818
On 07.01.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Caesar BidCo GmbH, a holding company that is indirectly held by funds that are managed and/or advised by entities affiliated with CVC Capital Partners plc (Jersey), intends to acquire up to 48% of the voting shares in CompuGroup, Medical SE & Co. KGaA (Germany).
The concentration concerns the production of application software to support medical and organizational activities in the medical sector.
Affected industry: Computer programming, consultancy and related activities.
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.02.2025.
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 05.02.2025 .