Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12194 – KKR / SSCP / INFOBRIC) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-12-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Europe, building industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, software








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/6557


8.12.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12194 – KKR / SSCP / INFOBRIC)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/6557)


1.   
On 25 November 2025, 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:






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Integrity Lux Bidco S.à r.l. (Luxembourg), controlled by KKR & Co. Inc. (USA) (together, ‘KKR’),










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SSCP Build Holdings SCA (Luxembourg), controlled by Stirling Square Capital Partners Fifth Fund (Jersey, ‘SSCP Fifth Fund’) (together, ‘SSCP’), and










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SSCP Build HoldCo AB (Sweden, ‘Infobric’), controlled by SSCP Fifth Fund.




KKR and SSCP will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Infobric.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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KKR is a global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions.










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SSCP is an investment fund that seeks to make, hold, monitor and realise investments primarily via management buy-ins, growth capital and other private equity transactions through Europe. SSCP Fifth Fund is one of four funds managed by the SSCP investment structure.






3.   

The business activities of the target undertaking Infobric are the following: a construction software provider to the construction industry in Europe, focused on the build phase of the construction.



4.   
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 treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


5.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed concentration 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.12194 – KKR / SSCP / INFOBRIC
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

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 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6557/oj
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