Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Warburg Pincus LLC; Service Express, LLC; Park Place Technologies, LLC
BWB/Z-7082
On 01.10.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Warburg Pincus LLC (USA) intends to acquire, via controlled affiliates, sole control over Park Place Technologies, LLC (USA) and to subsequently merge Park Place Technologies, LLC with Warburg
Pincus LLC’s portfolio company Service Express, LLC (USA). The transaction concerns datacenter maintenance services and other information technology services and the supply of datacenter hardware.
ÖNACE 2025 codes: Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities; Other information technology and computer service 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 62.9 - Other information technology and computer service activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.10.2025.
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 30.10.2025 .