Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Reaper Topco Limited; The Herjavec Group Inc.
BWB/Z-5260
On 15.02.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Reaper Topco Limited, Jersey, intends to indirectly acquire all shares in The Herjavec Group Inc., Ontario, from its current 100 % owner Mr. Robert Herjavec. Upon completion, Reaper Topco Limited will be owned approx. 65 % by investment funds advised by Apax Partners LLP, UK, and approx. 35% by Mr. Robert Herjavec, and under the sole control (within the meaning of the Cartel Act/EUMR) of Apax Partners LLP.
Economic sector: cybersecurity services
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 15.03.2021.
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 16.03.2021 .