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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 9.11.2020  
C(2020 ) 7892  final 
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M. 9975  – WARBURG PINCUS / VISTA EQUITY PARTNERS 
MANAGEMENT / INFOBLOX  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 15 October  2020 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which Warburg 
Pincus LLC (“Warburg Pincus”, United States of America)  and Vista Equity Partners 
Management, LLC (“Vista” , United States of Americ a), acquire within the meaning of 
Article s 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the whole of  
Infoblox, Inc. (“Infoblox” , United States of America) , currently solely  controlled by 
Vista,  by way of purchase of shares .3  
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for Warburg Pincus: private equity investment firm, primarily investing in 
companies in a variety of sectors, including consumer, industrial and business 
services, energy, financial services, healthcare, real e state, and technology, 
media and telecommunications,  
 for Vista: private investment firm that manages a number of portfolio 
companies active in the provision of IT services,  
  for Infoblox: provider of IT automation and security services, including 
software and appliances that automate the assignment of IP addresses and 
manage the Domain Name System (“DNS”) and DNS security and cloud 
network automation solutions.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ‘Merger Regulation ’). With effect from 1 December 2009,  the Treaty on 
the Functioning of the European Union ( ‘TFEU ’) has introduced certain changes, such as the 
replacement of ‘Community ’ by ‘Union ’ and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The t erminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.  3 (the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 352, 22.10.2020, p. 15 . 

2 3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified op eration falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph s 5(a) and 5(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for 
treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .4 
4. For the reasons set out in the No tice on a simplified procedure, the European 
Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it 
compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is 
adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation  and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
 
 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .