Brussels, 13 February 2025
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of Digital Vault Services GmbH by Deutsche Börse AG and Lindner Beteiligungs GmbH (‘Lindner’), all of Germany.
The transaction relates primarily to the financial sector, in particular the digital issuance and safekeeping of guarantees and sureties.
The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given that the joint venture has negligible activities in the European Economic Area and that the companies are not active in the same or vertically related markets. The notified transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.
More information is available on the Commission’s competition website, in the public case register under the case number M.11858.