Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Zest Bidco GmbH; PSI Software SE
BWB/Z-7149
On 24.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Zest Bidco GmbH, Germany, an acquisition vehicle controlled by funds managed and/or advised by Warburg Pincus LLC (an entity incorporated in the USA), intends to acquire sole control over PSI Software SE, Germany.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.5 - Wholesale of information and communication equipment, G 47 - Retail trade, G 47.4 - Retail sale of information and communication equipment, K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES, K 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities, K 62.1 - Computer programming activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.12.2025.
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 23.12.2025 .