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While this means we cannot complete the transaction immediately, we are confident that the Department of Justice will conclude that upon completion of this transaction, the rapidly evolving mobile ecosystem It is still highly competitive.”

Sina Technology News Beijing time on the morning of September 29, the U.S. Department of Justice has begun to launch a counterattack against Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility (Weibo). Monopoly investigation.

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In large corporate mergers and acquisitions, this kind of “secondary request” for information is very common. Doesn't mean the U.S. government will block the deal. However, this also shows that there are still antitrust issues worthy of attention in this transaction. According to data from the U.S. antitrust regulator, 4% of transactions last year received secondary information requests.

Dennis Woodside, Google’s executive responsible for the integration of Motorola Mobility, said in a blog post that Google is still confident of completing the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, and the U.S. Department of Justice’s second The request was just "routine."

A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice said the department was investigating the proposed transaction. However, the spokesman declined to disclose more information. (Zhang Fan)

Motorola Mobility stated in a document submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: "On September 28, 2011, Motorola Mobility and Google respectively received notices from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice concerning Requests for additional information regarding the merger of the two companies. The companies will fully cooperate with the Department of Justice and will actively respond to the Department of Justice's request."