Decision Nº M/18/059 from Competition and Consumer Protection Commission,

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Commissioner for Environmental Information
• Decision Number: M/18/059
• Parties: Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board,Mr. Carsten Koerl,Sportradar AG

MERGER ANNOUNCEMENT - M/18/059

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission clears proposed of joint

control of Sportradar by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Mr. Carsten

Koerl

06 September 2018

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has today cleared the proposed

transaction whereby Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and Mr Carsten Koerl would

acquire joint control of Sportradar AV (“the Proposed Transaction).

The Proposed Transaction was notified under the Competition Act 2002, as amended, on 02

August 2018.

The Commission has formed the view that the Proposed Transaction will not substantially lessen

competition in any market for goods or services in the State. The Commission will publish the

reasons for its determination on its website no later than 60 working days after the date of the

determination and after allowing the parties the opportunity to request that confidential

information be removed from the published version.

Additional Information

CPPIB, headquartered in Toronto and with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai,

New York City, Sao Paulo, and Sydney, is a professional investment management organisation

that invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (“CPP”) on behalf of its 20 million Canadian

contributors and beneficiaries. As of 30 June 2018, the CPP fund was valued at €366.6 billion.

Mr. Carsten Koerl is the current CEO of Sportradar.

Sportradar is a Swiss company, and a global provider of live sports data and content solutions.

Sportradar is involved in sports betting data and odds solutions, sports AV solutions, integrity

services and sports media solutions.