Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Ink (BC) TopCo S.r.l. Alessandro Manzoni n 38; Namirial Gruppe
BWB/Z-6908
On 09.04.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Ink (BC) Topco S.r.l., a company indirectly controlled by funds managed and/or advised by Bain Capital Investors, LLC (United States), intends to indirectly acquire up to 100 % of the shares in and sole control over Namirial Holding S.p.A. (Italy)
and its subsidiaries.
Economic Sector: Other software publishing; Computer programming activities; Other information technology and computer services; Business and other management consultancy activities.
K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES K 61 - Telecommunication, K 61.9 - Other telecommunication activities, K 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities, K 62.1 - Computer programming activities, K 62.10 - Computer programming activities, N - PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES, N 70 - Activities of head offices and management consultancy, N 70.2 - Business and other management consultancy activities, N 70.20 - Business and other management consultancy activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 07.05.2025.
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 08.05.2025 .