# C_2017143EN.01000601.xml

| 6.5.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 143/6 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8306 — Qualcomm/NXP Semiconductors)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2017/C 143/07)

| 1. | On 28 April 2017 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004( 1 ) by which the undertaking Qualcomm Incorporated (USA), through its subsidiary Qualcomm River Holdings B.V. (the Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking NXP Semiconductors N.V. (the Netherlands) by way of a purchase of shares. |
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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
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Qualcomm Incorporated is divided in two main segments (i) Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (‘QCT’) and; (ii) Qualcomm Technology Licensing (‘QTL’). QCT is a supplier of integrated circuits and system software based on CDMA, OFDMA and other technologies for use in voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia and global positioning system products. QTL grants licenses or otherwise provides rights to use portions of Qualcomm Incorporated’s intellectual property portfolio, which, among other rights, includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products. —
NXP Semiconductors N.V. is active in the manufacturing and sale of semiconductors, in particular integrated circuits (‘ICs’) and single unit semiconductors. NXP sells broadly two categories of products, standard products and high performance mixed signal (‘HPMS’) devices. NXP’s HPMS business includes application-specific semiconductors and system solutions for (i) Automotive, (ii) Secure Identification Solutions, (iii) Secure Connected Devices and (iv) Secure Interfaces and Power. | — | Qualcomm Incorporated is divided in two main segments (i) Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (‘QCT’) and; (ii) Qualcomm Technology Licensing (‘QTL’). QCT is a supplier of integrated circuits and system software based on CDMA, OFDMA and other technologies for use in voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia and global positioning system products. QTL grants licenses or otherwise provides rights to use portions of Qualcomm Incorporated’s intellectual property portfolio, which, among other rights, includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products. | — | NXP Semiconductors N.V. is active in the manufacturing and sale of semiconductors, in particular integrated circuits (‘ICs’) and single unit semiconductors. NXP sells broadly two categories of products, standard products and high performance mixed signal (‘HPMS’) devices. NXP’s HPMS business includes application-specific semiconductors and system solutions for (i) Automotive, (ii) Secure Identification Solutions, (iii) Secure Connected Devices and (iv) Secure Interfaces and Power. |
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| — | Qualcomm Incorporated is divided in two main segments (i) Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (‘QCT’) and; (ii) Qualcomm Technology Licensing (‘QTL’). QCT is a supplier of integrated circuits and system software based on CDMA, OFDMA and other technologies for use in voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia and global positioning system products. QTL grants licenses or otherwise provides rights to use portions of Qualcomm Incorporated’s intellectual property portfolio, which, among other rights, includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products. | | | | |
| — | NXP Semiconductors N.V. is active in the manufacturing and sale of semiconductors, in particular integrated circuits (‘ICs’) and single unit semiconductors. NXP sells broadly two categories of products, standard products and high performance mixed signal (‘HPMS’) devices. NXP’s HPMS business includes application-specific semiconductors and system solutions for (i) Automotive, (ii) Secure Identification Solutions, (iii) Secure Connected Devices and (iv) Secure Interfaces and Power. | | | | |

| 3. | 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. |
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| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.8306 — Qualcomm/NXP Semiconductors, to the following address:
European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË | European Commission | Directorate-General for Competition | Merger Registry | 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel | BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
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( 1 )  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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