Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Dassault Systèmes SE; CS Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-6862
On 26.02.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Dassault Systèmes SE, France, intends to indirectly acquire, through Centric Software GmbH, 100% of the shares and thus sole control in CS Holding GmbH, Germany, and its subsidiaries.
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Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.03.2025.
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 27.03.2025 .