Broadcom gets EU antitrust nod for CA Technologies deal

Updated: Sat, Oct 13, 2018
05:30 am
Reuters
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Chipmaker Broadcom Inc said on Friday it has obtained antitrust clearance from the European Union for its $19-billion deal to acquire software company CA Technologies Inc.

Broadcom had on Wednesday said a memo, purportedly signed by the U.S. Department of Defense and circulated among lawmakers calling for a review of the deal, was likely fake.

The chipmaker said https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730168/000119312518298363/d6446... it now expects the deal to close on Nov. 5, as the clearance from the EU was the last regulatory hurdle.

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