Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11155 - INFOSYS / CERTAIN LIBERTY GLOBAL ASSETS) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 316/08
Date: 2023-09-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, information technology applications, merger control, provision of services, telecommunications








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6.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 316/12







Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11155 - INFOSYS / CERTAIN LIBERTY GLOBAL ASSETS)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 316/08)


1.   
On 29 August 2023, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






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Infosys Limited (‘Infosys’, India),










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A collection of IT assets, personnel and contracts (‘Target Assets’, the Netherlands) currently owned by Liberty Global plc (‘Liberty Global’, UK).




Infosys will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Target Assets, currently owned by Liberty Global and used for the provision of connectivity and entertainment platform services to Liberty Global and its affiliates.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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Infosys: provision of digital and consulting services to clients across various sectors segments, such as financial services, retail, communications, manufacturing, high tech, life sciences, energy, utilities, resources and services.










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Target Assets: provision of connectivity and entertainment platform services to Liberty Global and its affiliates (including its jointly controlled joint venture companies, VodafoneZiggo in the Netherlands and Virgin Media O2 in the UK).






3.   

The business activities of the Target Assets will be the provision of outsourced IT services to Liberty Global and the provision of white label entertainment and connectivity platform services to third parties.



4.   
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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


5.   
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. The following reference should always be specified:
M.11155 – INFOSYS / CERTAIN LIBERTY GLOBAL ASSETS
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
Postal address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË







(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  
            OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.