Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC.; Pluralsight, Inc. - BWB/Z-5169 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC.; Pluralsight, Inc.

BWB/Z-5169

23.12.2020

On 22.12.2020 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Funds managed by Vista Equity Management, LLC (United States) intend to acquire a majority shareholding in and sole control over Pluralsight, Inc. (United States).

The concentration concerns the software sector.

Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.01.2021.

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 20.01.2021 .

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