Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
PSG Equity LLC; Check MK Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-6877
On 07.03.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The proposed transaction concerns the acquisition by certain private equity funds managed by the investment firm PSG Equity LLC, USA, of the vast majority of the shares in and sole control over Check MK Holding GmbH, Germany, including its (indirect) subsidiaries Checkmk GmbH, Germany, and Checkmk, Inc., USA.
Affected industry: other Software publishing.
K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES K 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities, K 62.9 - Other information technology and computer service activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.04.2025.
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 05.04.2025 .