Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Météore Holding SAS; Atos SE
BWB/Z-7162
On 04.12.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Météore Holding SAS, a French company wholly-owned by the Republic of France, represented by the Agence des participations de l’Etat, intends to acquire sole control over the advanced computing activities, including its high-performance computing, quantum computing, business computing and artificial intelligence activities, as well as related management IT activities of Atos SE, France.
The proposed transaction relates to advanced computing.”
ÖNACE Code: Computer programming activities; Computer consultancy activities as well as the operation of data processing facilities; Data processing, hosting, and related activities
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, K 62.10 - Computer programming activities, K 63 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities, K 63.1 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities, K 63.10 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 02.01.2026.
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 03.01.2026 .