5.5.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 135/14

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6214 — Seagate Technology/the HDD Business of Samsung Electronics)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 135/08

1.

On 19 April 2011, 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 Seagate Technology Public Limited Company. (‘Seagate’, Ireland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the hard disk drive (‘HDD’) business of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (‘the Samsung HDD business’, Republic of Korea) by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Seagate: Development, design, manufacturing and sale of computer storage devices, notably HDDs for sale for mobile, enterprise, desktop and consumer electronics end-uses,

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for the Samsung HDD Business: Development, design, manufacturing and sale of HDDs.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6214 — Seagate Technology/the HDD Business of Samsung Electronics, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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