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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  11.12.2020 
C(2020)  9192 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.9998 — Sumitomo /Tech Mahindra/JV  
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 19 November  2020, the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4  of the Merger  Regulation by which the 
undertakings Sumitomo Corporation (“Sumitomo”, Japan) and Tech Mahindra 
Limited (“Tech Mahindra”, India), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 
Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the whole of the newly 
created company constituting a jo int venture  SCTM Engineering Corporation (the 
“Target”, Japan) by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
− for Sumitomo : It is a trading and investment company, which provides a range of 
services and products in sectors such as the trading of metal products, 
transportation and construction of systems, environment and infrastructure, 
media, network and lifestyle related products, mineral resources, en ergy, 
chemicals and electronics,  
− for Tech Mahindra : It is a global technology company,  providing information 
technology and business process outsourcing services to customers across a wide 
range of industries, including telecommunications, media & entertainment, 
manufacturing, banking & financial services, life scien ces, retail & consumer 
goods and oil & gas, 
                                                 
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 terminology 
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 412 , 30.11.2020, p. 16. 

2 − for the Target : It will provide engineering services to the automotive sector, 
automotive product engineering, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), 
autonomous driving, vehicle to everything (V2X) and 5G wireless 
communications technology, along with connected and digital se rvices in the 
automotive sector . 
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5 (a) 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 Notice 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 Agre ement . 
For the Commission 
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .