Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Permira Holdings Limited; Aspire TopCo Limited
BWB/Z-6979
On 24.06.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Permira Holdings Limited (Guernsey) intends to ultimately indirectly acquire sole control over Aspire TopCo Limited (United Kingdom). The concentration concerns tech advisory.
ÖNACE Code: Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities.
K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES K 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities, K 62.2 - Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities, K 62.20 - Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.07.2025.
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 23.07.2025 .