CELEX: 32015M7734
Language: en
Date: 2015-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15/10/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7734 - LOCKHEED MARTIN / SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 15.10.2015
                                        C(2015) 7253 final

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Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7734 – LOCKHEED MARTIN/ SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1] and Article 57 of the Agreement on the
         European Economic Area[2]

 1. On 22 September 2015, the European Commission received notification of a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which the undertaking Lockheed Martin Corporation (' Lockheed Martin ', United States ) acquires within the meaning of Article
    3(1)(b) of the  Merger Regulation control of a part of the undertaking United Technologies Corporation ('UTC', United States) - the business
    unit Sikorsky Aircraft (' Sikorksy Aircraft') and other parts of the undertaking - by way of a purchase of assets.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – Lockheed Martin : Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company mainly active in the development, manufacture  and  sale  of
        advanced technology systems ;

      – UTC: UTC is a multinational corporation that provides high technology products and  services  for  building  systems  and  the  aerospace
        industry ;

      – Sikorsky Aircraft : Sikorsky Aircraft is specialised in the manufacturing and sale of  military and civil helicopters and the  supply  of
        related services.

 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(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 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 Agreement.

                                        For the Commission
                                        (Signed)

                                        Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                        Director-General

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[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 322, 30.9.2015, p. 9.

[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE