Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8183 — Avnet/Premier Farnell) (Text with EEA relevance)

C 334/8 EN Official Journal of the European Union 10.9.2016 V (Announcements) PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY EUROPEAN COMMISSION Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8183 — Avnet/Premier Farnell) (Text with EEA relevance) (2016/C 334/07) 1. On 1 September 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Avnet, Inc. (‘Avnet’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Premier Farnell plc (‘Premier Farnell’, UK) by way of public bid announced on 28 July 2016. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Avnet: global distributor of electronic components, enterprise and data centre products and software. Avnet also offers assembly and other value-added services, including engineering and design support, materials management and logistics services, system integration and configuration and supply chain services customised to meet specific requirements of customers and suppliers; — for Premier Farnell: global high service distributor of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, production, maintenance and repair. Premier Farnell distributes electronic components and related products, and finished electrical and electronic products. 3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the...