Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Bridgepoint Group Holdings Limited; Comrod Communication AS
BWB/Z-7173
On 12.12.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Signal BidCo AS, Norway, a special purpose vehicle that is ultimately controlled by Bridgepoint Group Holdings Limited, United Kingdom, intends to acquire approx. 92.62% of the shares and thereby sole control
in Comrod Communication AS, Norway, including its subsidiaries. Industry sector: Manufacture of telecommunications equipment and facilities Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers"
C - MANUFACTURING C 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, C 26.3 - Manufacture of communication equipment, C 26.30 - Manufacture of communication equipment, C 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment, C 27.1 - Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus, C 27.11 - Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.01.2026.
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 10.01.2026 .