Invites comments from rivals and customers at start of merger probe
Often the scourge of tech execs in the US, Britain's competition regulator has a new potential target in its sights: HPE's proposed $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks., and while many of Juniper's shareholders in April waved it through, some launched a lawsuit claiming Juniper withheld material information from investors.The watchdog is inviting comments on the transaction from"any interested party" to ascertain the impact.
HPE previously said it expects the addition of Juniper to double its existing networking business and contribute to more than half of annual operating income. The CMA will likely want intelligent commentary from rivals or customers worried about the consequences. has asked HPE – currently running its Discover conference in Las Vegas – and Juniper Networks to comment.
Readers may not be surprised that HPE CEO Antonio Neri said of the Juniper purchase when it was announced at the start of this year that AI would play a part.
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