Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Bridgepoint Group Holdings Limited; PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG
BWB/Z-5738
On 02.11.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Bridgepoint Group Holdings Limited, United Kingdom, intends to indirectly acquire 60% of the shares in and sole control over PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG, Germany, from Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Germany.
The transaction relates to software solutions for the traffic and logistics sector and related consulting services.
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 30.11.2021.
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 01.12.2021 .