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BRUSSELS: U.S. chipmaker Broadcom<\/a> is set to receive a European Union antitrust warning about the possible anti-competitive effects of its proposed $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware<\/a> in the coming weeks, people familiar with the matter said.
The European Commission opened an investigation in December, saying the deal, announced last year, would allow Broadcom to restrict competition in the market for certain hardware components which interoperate with VMware's software.
The EU competition enforcer, which will decide on the deal by June 7, declined to comment.
Tech M&A deals have attracted more intense scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic recently as regulators worry about giant companies acquiring smaller, more innovative rivals.
The Commission will set out its concerns in a statement of objections, the people said. Companies can subsequently ask for a closed hearing to defend their deals in front of senior Commission and national competition officials as well as rivals and the Commission's lawyers.
Broadcom is expected to offer remedies only after receiving the EU charge sheet and not before that, with no asset sale foreseen, one of the sources said.
Broadcom said it would continue its \"constructive work\" with the Commission. The deal has received the green light in Brazil, South Africa and Canada, while the UK competition watchdog is investigating the acquisition.
\"We continue to expect the transaction will close in Broadcom's fiscal year 2023,\" the company said.
The two companies received a \"second request\" for information about their deal from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in July, indicating that the planned transaction would be closely scrutinized, according to a government filing.
U.S. antitrust enforcers have sought to stop an unusually large number of deals during the Biden administration because of concerns over concentration in the U.S. economy.
Broadcom has told the EU enforcer that the presence of Amazon, Microsoft<\/a> and Google<\/a> shows that there is strong competition in the cloud computing market, other people familiar with the matter told Reuters in October.
Beltug, a Belgian association of CIOs & Digital Technology leaders, and its counterparts France's Cigref, CIO platform Nederland and VOICE Germany have said that the deal could lead to big price increases and tougher commercial practices against customers.
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Broadcom面临着610亿美元的VMware协议欧盟反垄断的警告
12月欧盟委员会(European Commission)展开了一项调查,说,去年宣布,将允许Broadcom限制市场竞争对某些硬件组件的互操作与VMware的软件。
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布鲁塞尔:美国芯片制造商博通公司将获得欧盟反垄断警告可能的反竞争效应的提出610亿美元收购云计算公司吗VMware在接下来的几周里,知情人士说。
12月欧盟委员会(European Commission)展开了一项调查,说,去年宣布,将允许Broadcom限制市场竞争对某些硬件组件的互操作与VMware的软件。
欧盟竞争执行者,这将决定6月7日的交易,拒绝置评。
技术并购交易吸引了更多的严格审查大西洋两岸的监管机构担心巨头公司收购较小,更加创新的竞争对手。
该委员会将反对的问题在一份声明中,知情人士说。随后公司可以要求一个封闭听证会面前捍卫自己的交易委员会和国家竞争的高级官员以及竞争对手和委员会的律师。
Broadcom预计提供补救措施只有在收到欧盟案件记录,而不是在此之前,没有资产出售预见到,一名消息人士说。
博通公司表示,它将继续与该委员会“建设性的工作”。协议已收到绿灯在巴西,南非和加拿大,英国竞争监管机构正在调查此次收购。
“我们继续预计交易将关闭Broadcom的2023财政年度,”该公司表示。
这两家公司获得了“第二个请求信息从美国联邦贸易委员会(Federal Trade Commission)今年7月,表明计划事务将密切关注,根据政府文件。
美国反垄断执法者试图阻止异常多的交易期间,拜登政府由于担心在美国经济中的浓度。
Broadcom告诉欧盟执行者,亚马逊的存在,微软和谷歌表明,有强大的云计算市场的竞争,其他知情人士告诉路透社10月。
比利时协会Beltug CIO和数字技术领导人,及其同行法国Cigref CIO平台荷兰和德国的声音说,这笔交易可能会导致大的价格上涨和对客户更严格的商业实践。
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