Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Carlyle Europe Technology Partners III, L.P.; SERgroup Holding International GmbH - BWB/Z-4228 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Carlyle Europe Technology Partners III, L.P.; SERgroup Holding International GmbH

BWB/Z-4228

10.12.2018

On 07.12.2018 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Carlyle Europe Technology Partners III, L.P. (Washington / USA) intends to indirectly acquire sole control over SERgroup Holding International GmbH (Berlin / Germany). The intended concentration concerns enterprise content management software solutions (information technology).

Industry sector: N - Erbringung von sonstigen wirtschaftlichen Dienstleistungen

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.01.2019.

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 28.12.2018 .

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