Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Bridgepoint Group Holdings Limited; Orpheus HoldCo GmbH
BWB/Z-7021
On 31.07.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Funds managed by Bridgepoint Advisers Limited (United Kingdom) intend to indirectly acquire 100% of the shares in and sole control over Orpheus HoldCo GmbH (Germany). The concentration concerns the distribution of insurance products through insurance broking services.
ÖNACE Code: Activities of insurance agents and brokers.
L - FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES L 66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities, L 66.2 - Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding, L 66.22 - Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.08.2025.
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 29.08.2025 .