Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10934 – VINCI ENERGIES / KONTRON IT SERVICE COMPANIES)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 417/11)

On 21 October 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

—	VINCI Energies S.A. (‘VINCI Energies’, France), a subsidiary of VINCI S.A. (France), the ultimate parent company of the VINCI Group,

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eight of Kontron AG’s IT service companies, including their direct and indirect subsidiaries (‘Kontron IT Service Companies’): Amanox Solutions AG (Switzerland), S&T Albania SH.p.k. (Albania), S&T Serbia d.o.o. (Serbia), hamcos IT Service GmbH (Germany), S&T Deutschland GmbH (Germany), S&T Mold srl. (Moldova), CITYCOMP Service GmbH (Germany) and S&T CEE Holding s.r.o. (Slovakia)

VINCI Energies will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Kontron IT Service Companies.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:

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VINCI is a global diversified organisation active in concessions and infrastructure, building, public works, civil engineering and energy. Within VINCI Group, VINCI Energies is also active, through its brand line Axians, in the area of IT services. The Axians-network of companies provides IT services, such as cloud & data center infrastructures, enterprise networks, digital workspace, business applications & data analytics and cybersecurity.

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Kontron IT Service Companies are active in offering consultancy services on IT infrastructure such as datacenters and cloud services and the conception of tailored IT network and security concepts for on-site and cloud infrastructure. The Kontron IT Service Companies offer also the implementation, integration and supply of IT infrastructure and software applications and solutions.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10934 – VINCI ENERGIES / KONTRON IT SERVICE COMPANIES

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.