# C_2015310EN.01000701.xml

| 19.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 310/7 |
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19.9.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 310/7

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7688 — Intel/Altera)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 310/07)

| 1. | On 9 September 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Intel Corporation (‘Intel’, United States of America) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Altera Corporation (‘Altera’, United States of America) by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 9 September 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Intel Corporation (‘Intel’, United States of America) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Altera Corporation (‘Altera’, United States of America) by way of purchase of shares.

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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for Intel: designs and manufactures computing and communications components, such as microprocessors (also known as CPUs), chipsets, motherboards, and wireless and wired connectivity products, as well as platforms that incorporate these components;
  —   for Altera: design and sale of a variety of semiconductor products, including programmable logic devices (‘PLDs’), a product category that includes both field-programmable gate arrays (‘FPGAs’) and complex programmable logic devices (‘CPLDs’). |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Intel: designs and manufactures computing and communications components, such as microprocessors (also known as CPUs), chipsets, motherboards, and wireless and wired connectivity products, as well as platforms that incorporate these components;

for Intel

—   for Altera: design and sale of a variety of semiconductor products, including programmable logic devices (‘PLDs’), a product category that includes both field-programmable gate arrays (‘FPGAs’) and complex programmable logic devices (‘CPLDs’).

for Altera

| 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.7688 — Intel/Altera, 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.7688 — Intel/Altera, 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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