Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Splen Investment Pte. Ltd.; Apax Partners LLP; Green Epic Topco Holdings LLP
BWB/Z-6891
On 21.03.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
This notification concerns the proposed acquisition by Splen Investment Pte Ltd., Singapore, of a non-controlling minority interest of more than 25% of the share capital in an acquisition vehicle, Encore Aggregator L.P., which will acquire more than 25% of the shares in Green Epic Topco Holdings, LP, USA, which wholly owns ECI Software Solutions, Inc., USA, and its subsidiaries.
ÖNACE Code: Other software publishing.
J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES J 58 - Publishing activities, J 58.2 - Software publishing, J 58.29 - Other software publishing
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.04.2025.
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 23.04.2025 .