Mandiant gains after getting DOJ antitrust approval for Google deal
Alena Kravchenko


Mandiant (NASDAQ:MNDT) gained 2.3% in after hours trading after the U.S. Dept. of Justice grated earlier termination of the waiting period in connection with Google's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) $5.4 billion planned acquisition of the cybersecurity firm.
On Friday, the DOJ granted early termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act with respect to the transaction, according to an 8-K filing. Mandiant (MNDT) and Google (GOOGL) continue to expect the closing of the deal to occur by the end of the year.

The antitrust approval comes after Google (GOOGL) and Mandiant (MNDT) received a request for additional information from the DOJ in May.
Dealreporter said in May that Google (GOOGL) doesn't believe that it will have to notify China or gain approval from the country's antitrust regulator at least partly due to Mandiant's (MNDT).
Google (GOOGL) agreed to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant Inc. (MNDT) for $23/share in March. Google was competing with Microsoft (MSFT) for the cybersecurity firm, though it reportedly walked away from the deal.