Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Apollo Capital Management, L.P.; easyJet plc.
BWB/Z-7492
On 21.09.2026 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The proposed transaction concerns the indirect acquisition of a non-controlling up to 49.9 % stake of easyJet plc., by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Capital Management, L.P., and the indirect acquisition of a non-controlling stake below 50% of easyJet plc. by vehicles attributable to Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the interests of his family.
H - TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE H 51 - Air transport, H 51.1 - Passenger air transport, H 51.10 - Passenger air transport
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.10.2026.
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.