Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Lexington Partners L.P.; HarbourVest Partners, LLC - BWB/Z-6184 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Lexington Partners L.P.; HarbourVest Partners, LLC

BWB/Z-6184

24.01.2023

On 20.01.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Lexington Partners L.P. (New York / USA) and HarbourVest Partners, LLC (Delaware/USA), respectively, intend to acquire via investment vehicles managed by them, non-controlling minority shareholdings in Insight Partners Continuation Fund II, L.P. (Grand Cayman / Grand Cayman Islands). It is expected that HarbourVest Partners, LLC acquires between 25% and 59.2% and that Lexington Partners L.P. acquires up to 25% 
in Insight Partners Continuation Fund II, L.P. Insight Venture Management, LLC (New York / USA), which has established and will solely control the Insight Partners Continuation Fund II, L.P, will transfer existing non-controlling minority shareholdings of above 25% in Zuva Inc. (Toronto / Canada) and in EzCater Inc. (Boston / USA) to Insight Partners Continuation Fund II, L.P. The proposed concentration concerns document 
analysis software and online food ordering services. 
Affected industry: Computer programming and related activities.

Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 17.02.2023.

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 18.02.2023 .

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