Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Hörmann Digital Beteiligungs GmbH; ORBIS SE
BWB/Z-7028
On 06.08.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Hörmann Digital Beteiligungs GmbH (Germany) intends to increase its existing stake in ORBIS SE (Germany) to over 50%. The transaction concerns software and consulting services.
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 03.09.2025.
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 04.09.2025 .