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.