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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 09/02/2018

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32018M8688

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 9.2.2018 C(2018) 921 final

PUBLIC VERSION

To the notifying party:

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.1. On 18 January 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Northrop Grumman Corporation ("Northrop Grumman", United States of Amercia) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Orbital ATK, Inc ("Orbital ATK", United States of Amercia) by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

- for Northrop Grumman : development, manufacture and sale of security systems globally, including autonomous systems, spacecraft systems, command, control and communications systems and computers, ISR (intelligence surveilance and reconnaissance) systems and related serices and logistics.

- for Orbital ATK: development, manufacture and sale of aerospace and defense systems globally, including launch vehicles, propulsion systems, satellites and components, tactical misssiles, defense electronics, precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition.

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(b) of

1OJ 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.

2OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').

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Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË

Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.

the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

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

4OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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