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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 16.11.2022  
C(2022) 8426 final  
PUBLIC VERSION 
VINCI Energies S.A.  
2169 Boulevard de la D éfense  
92000 Nanterre  
France  
Subject : Case M. 10934 – VINCI ENERGIES /  KONTRON IT SERVICE 
COMPANIES  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No  139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 21 October 2022, the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation, by which VINCI 
Energies S.A. (‘VINCI Energies’, France), a subsidiary of VINCI S.A. (France), the 
ultimate parent company of the VINCI Group, will acquire within the meaning of 
Article 3(1)(b) 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), by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are  the following:  
- VINCI is a global diversified organization active in concessions and infrastructure, 
building, public works, civil engineering and energy. Within VINCI Group, 
VINCI Energies , which belongs to the V inci Group division "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 
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ‘Merger Regulation ’). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on 
the Functioning of the European Union ( ‘TFEU ’) has introduced certain changes, such as the 
replacement of ‘ Community ’ by ‘Union’  and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The terminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ( the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 417, 31.10.2022, p. 18.  

2 infrastructures, enterprise networks, digital workspace, business applications & 
data a nalytics and cybersecurity.  
- Kontron IT Service Companie s are primarily active in offering consultancy 
services on IT infrastructure such as data  centers and cloud services and the 
conception of tailored IT network and security concepts for on-site and cloud infrastructure. Furthermore, the Kontron IT Service Companies offer also the 
implementation, integration and supply of IT infrastructure  and software 
applications and solutions  (such as Enterprise Resource Planning, application 
software (Customer Relationship Management) or Business Intelligence software). 
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No  139/2004.
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4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is 
adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.