# C_2014422EN.01000301.xml

| 25.11.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 422/3 |
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25.11.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 422/3

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7458 — IBM / INF Business of Deutsche Lufthansa)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 422/03

| 1. | On 18 November 2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking IBM Central Holding GmbH (Germany) belonging to the group International Business Machines Corporation (‘IBM’, United States) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control by way of purchase of shares over a newly-formed company INF KG (‘INF’, Germany), to which Lufthansa Systems Aktiengesellschaft (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft), will transfer a business as a going concern which is responsible for the provision of certain IT infrastructure services to companies of the Lufthansa Group and other companies. |
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On 18 November 2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking IBM Central Holding GmbH (Germany) belonging to the group International Business Machines Corporation (‘IBM’, United States) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control by way of purchase of shares over a newly-formed company INF KG (‘INF’, Germany), to which Lufthansa Systems Aktiengesellschaft (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft), will transfer a business as a going concern which is responsible for the provision of certain IT infrastructure services to companies of the Lufthansa Group and other companies.

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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for IBM: development, production and marketing of a wide variety of IT solutions, comprising software, systems (servers, storage systems, appliances), and services (business consulting and IT infrastructure services),
  —   for INF: provision of IT infrastructure services to companies of the Lufthansa Group and other companies. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for IBM: development, production and marketing of a wide variety of IT solutions, comprising software, systems (servers, storage systems, appliances), and services (business consulting and IT infrastructure services),

for IBM

—   for INF: provision of IT infrastructure services to companies of the Lufthansa Group and other companies.

for INF

| 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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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.

| 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7458 — IBM / INF Business of Deutsche Lufthansa, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
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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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7458 — IBM / INF Business of Deutsche Lufthansa, to the following address:

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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