Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; Zerto Ltd
BWB/Z-5566
On 23.07.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, USA, through its wholly owned subsidiaries Hewlett Packard Enterprise The Hague B.V. and Samwell Ltd., intends to acquire all shares of and sole control over Zerto Ltd., Israel.
Economic sector: Computer programming activities
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 20.08.2021.
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 21.08.2021 .