Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Eurazeo SE; Groupe Premium
BWB/Z-5353
On 07.04.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified transaction concerns the planned indirect acquisition of a majority of the share capital and voting rights of Premium Partners, Prime Partners, Prime Partners 2, Prime Partners 3, and Prime Partners 4 France, by Eurazeo SE, France.
Fields of activity: insurance distribution and asset management
Industry sector: K - Erbringung von Finanz- und Versicherungsdienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.05.2021.
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 06.05.2021 .