# C_2016003EN.01000701.xml

| 7.1.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 3/7 |
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7.1.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 3/7

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 3/08)

| 1. | On 22 December 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Western Digital Corporation (‘Western Digital’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of SanDisk Corporation (‘SanDisk’, United States) by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 22 December 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Western Digital Corporation (‘Western Digital’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of SanDisk Corporation (‘SanDisk’, United States) by way of purchase of shares.

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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for Western Digital: development and manufacturing of storage solutions for the creation, management and preservation of digital content; Western Digital produces hard disk drives (‘HDDs’) for a number of uses including personal computers, consumer electronics, cloud computing and data centre applications, enterprise class solid state drives (‘enterprise SSDs’), and hybrid drives; Western Digital also produces certain external storage, business storage solutions, as well as storage solution software,
  —   for SanDisk: digital storage producer that specializes in flash memory solutions such as flash storage solutions, including enterprise SSDs and SSDs for consumer-operated devices (‘client SSDs’), as well as removable cards, USB flash drives and embedded flash products for mobile and connected applications and consumer electronics; SanDisk is also active in software and consumer products, as well as flash storage solutions, including SSDs, for enterprise data centres and client computing platforms. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Western Digital: development and manufacturing of storage solutions for the creation, management and preservation of digital content; Western Digital produces hard disk drives (‘HDDs’) for a number of uses including personal computers, consumer electronics, cloud computing and data centre applications, enterprise class solid state drives (‘enterprise SSDs’), and hybrid drives; Western Digital also produces certain external storage, business storage solutions, as well as storage solution software,

for Western Digital

—   for SanDisk: digital storage producer that specializes in flash memory solutions such as flash storage solutions, including enterprise SSDs and SSDs for consumer-operated devices (‘client SSDs’), as well as removable cards, USB flash drives and embedded flash products for mobile and connected applications and consumer electronics; SanDisk is also active in software and consumer products, as well as flash storage solutions, including SSDs, for enterprise data centres and client computing platforms.

for SanDisk

| 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk, 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk, 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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