Publication of decision: Bundeskartellamt considers Meta/Kustomer merger to be subject to notification (decision of: 9. December 2021)

Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park/USA (formerly Facebook, Inc.) has announced that it intends to acquire the company Kustomer, Inc. On 9 December 2021 the Bundeskartellamt established in a separate proceeding that the proposed acquisition reaches the so-called transaction value threshold in German merger control and is subject to notification in Germany. The decision of 9 December 2021 can be found here (only in German).