Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Ares Management Corporation; Fortna Parent Holdings, Inc.
BWB/Z-7484
On 14.09.2026 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Ares Management Corporation (United States), through certain of its affiliates managing or advising funds, investment vehicles and/or accounts, intends to indirectly acquire a minority equity interest between approximately 26.7% and 28.3% in Fortna Parent Holdings, Inc.
(United States) in the context of a recapitalization. Ares will not acquire control over Fortna Parent Holdings, Inc. and no other shareholder will control or hold 25% of the shares or more in Fortna Parent Holdings, Inc. The concentration concerns the warehouse automation systems sector.
H - TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE H 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 12.10.2026.
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 waived their right to apply for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court before the deadline. The standstill obligation (§ 17(1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 01.10.2026 .