South Africa: Issued approval of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's proposed acquisition of Juniper Networks, Inc. by Competition Commission

On 12 September 2024, the South African Competition Commission announced the approval of the proposed acquisition of Juniper Networks, Inc. by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company. Both firms are incorporated in Delaware, USA, and are listed on the New York Stock Exchange with widely held shares. They operate in the network infrastructure sector, providing products like campus switches, WLAN, SD-WAN, and data center switches. The Commission concluded that the transaction is unlikely to lessen competition or raise public interest concerns in the market.