Broadcom-VMware Update

Channel partners will have to wait a while longer to find out how the Broadcom-VMware combination will affect them.

Last month, VMware noted in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the deal will not close until at least May 26. That marks exactly one year from the date the companies announced their $61 billion transaction.

The merger has encountered regulatory obstacles, mainly from the European Union’s antitrust arm, the European Commission. In fact, the European Commission earlier this month stopped the clock on its investigation into Broadcom-VMware. Authorities were waiting on Broadcom to supply missing information.

Broadcom apparently did so and, according to various media reports, the European Commission will decide by June 7 whether to approve or block the pending merger. It’s not clear how that activity will mesh with the intended May 26 closing date.

The Broadcom-VMware merger represents the second-largest tech deal of 2022, topped only by Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard.

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