Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Thoma Bravo, L.P.; White Clarke Group Holdings Limited
BWB/Z-5367
On 15.04.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Thoma Bravo, L.P. (USA), through its controlled portfolio company IDS Group, Inc. (USA), intends to indirectly acquire all the shares in, and sole control over, WC Topco Limited (Jersey), which indirectly holds all shares in White Clarke Group Holdings Limited (United Kingdom).
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 14.05.2021.
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 15.05.2021 .