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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

1.On 21 December 2010 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004. The envisaged transaction concerns a public bid leading to the acquisition of a maximum of 100% of the shares in Crucell N.V. ("Crucell") by Johnson & Johnson ("JNJ"). As a result of the concentration, JNJ will acquire sole control over Crucell.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-- JNJ: (1) consumer health and care products, including beauty, oral care, baby, over-the-counter medicines, nutritional, women's health, wellness and prevention products, (2) medical devices and diagnostics and (3) pharmaceutical products;

-- Crucell: the research, development, production and sale of biologic medicinal products (i.e. vaccines, proteins and antibodies) for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases.