EU to rule on AMS's 4.6 billion euro bid for Osram by July 6

Reuters

Published Jun 02, 2020 06:10AM ET

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 6 whether to clear Austrian sensor maker AMS 's (VI:AMS) 4.6 billion euro ($5.14 billion) bid for German lighting group Osram (DE:OSRn) after a preliminary review, a European Commission filing showed on Monday.

AMS, which supplies Apple (O:AAPL) with sensors for iPhones and wants to buy Osram to diversify into the auto business, in its largest ever acquisition, notified European Union competition enforcers of the deal on May 29.