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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

The notified transaction consists in the acquisition of sole control by Cisco Systems, Inc. over NDS Group Limited.

Cisco is a publicly listed company, and globally active in the development and sale of IP-based networking equipment. The company provides routers and switches used to direct data, voice, and video traffic. Other products offered by Cisco include remote access servers, IP telephony equipment, optical networking components, unified communications products, STBs, and network service and security systems.

NDS is a supplier of digital technology and services to digital pay-TV service providers and content providers. It offers solutions for satellite, cable, DTT, IPTV, mobile devices and hybrid TV systems, which are used to manage subscriber access to pay-TV content and enable the viewer to choose, navigate, store and interact with pay-TV content.