In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the below “operation summary” containing information provided by the parties.<\/p>\n
This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation.<\/p>\n
The publication of this press release does not confirm the completeness of the file as provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented.<\/p>\n
Names of the companies and groups involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nature of the operation<\/strong><\/p>\n Economic sectors concerned<\/strong><\/p>\n Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations<\/strong><\/p>\n NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n The Competition Council received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the exclusive takeover by the company \u201cShift4 Payments Inc\u201d of the company \u201cGlobal Blue Group Holding AG\u201d through the acquisition of at least 90% and up to 100% of its capital and related voting rights.<\/p>\n \u201cShift4 Payments Inc\u201d is a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), established under U.S. law, headquartered at c\/o Corporate, Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, 19808 Wilmington, USA, registered with the Delaware Division of Corporations under number 7688391. It specializes in providing payment solutions to merchants.<\/p>\n \u201cGlobal Blue Group Holding AG\u201d is a Swiss public limited company, headquartered at Z\u00fcrichstrasse 38, 8306 Br\u00fcttisellen, Switzerland, registered with the Zurich Commercial Register under number CH-020.3.048.149-1. It operates in Morocco through its subsidiary \u201cGlobal Blue Maroc SA,\u201d a Moroccan public limited company, headquartered at R\u00e9sidence Alia, 3rd floor, 123, rue Daoud Eddahiri angle Boulevard El Massira El Khadra, Casablanca, Morocco, registered with the Casablanca Commercial Register under number 157681. It specializes in providing outsourced VAT refund services to retailers.<\/p>\n Done in Rabat on March 20, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the below “operation summary” containing information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not confirm the completeness of the file as provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented. Names of the companies and groups involved: The acquirer: \u201cShift4 Payments Inc\u201d; The target: \u201cGlobal Blue Group Holding AG\u201d. Nature of the operation Exclusive takeover. Economic sectors concerned Market for the provision of VAT refund services. Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations 10 days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e., April 2, 2025. NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES The Competition Council received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the exclusive takeover by the company \u201cShift4 Payments Inc\u201d of the company \u201cGlobal Blue Group Holding AG\u201d through the acquisition of at least 90% and up to 100% of its capital and related voting rights. \u201cShift4 Payments Inc\u201d is a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), established under U.S. law, headquartered at c\/o Corporate, Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, 19808 Wilmington, USA, registered with the Delaware Division of Corporations under number 7688391. It specializes in providing payment solutions to merchants. \u201cGlobal Blue Group Holding AG\u201d is a Swiss public limited company, headquartered at Z\u00fcrichstrasse 38, 8306 Br\u00fcttisellen, Switzerland, registered with the Zurich Commercial Register under number CH-020.3.048.149-1. It operates in Morocco through its subsidiary \u201cGlobal Blue Maroc SA,\u201d a Moroccan public limited company, headquartered at R\u00e9sidence Alia, 3rd floor, 123, rue Daoud Eddahiri angle Boulevard El Massira El Khadra, Casablanca, Morocco, registered with the Casablanca Commercial Register under number 157681. It specializes in providing outsourced VAT refund services to retailers. Done in Rabat on March 20, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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