Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Waterland Private Equity Fund IX C.V.; B&F Beteiligungs GmbH
BWB/Z-6868
On 28.02.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Waterland Private Equity Fund IX C.V., Netherlands, intends to acquire 52.17% of the shares in and sole control over B&F Beteiligungs GmbH, Austria, and Goldright GmbH, Austria, through its indirect subsidiary WPEF IX Holdco 27 B.V., Netherlands. The proposed transaction relates to IT services and software.
K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES K 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities, K 62.1 - Computer programming activities, K 62.2 - Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.03.2025.
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 29.03.2025 .