Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP; Labelium International S.A.S.
BWB/Z-5502
On 30.06.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Labyrinth HoldCo and Labyrinth BidCo, special purpose vehicles of Charterhouse Capital Partners Fund X, which in turn is part of the Charterhouse group (United Kingdom), intend to acquire, directly and indirectly, 100% of the shares in and sole control over Labelium International S.A.S. (France) from the existing shareholders.
Business sector: digital marketing
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.07.2021.
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 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 19.07.2021 .