Securitas AB / Bell Group plc

OFT closed case: Completed acquisition by Securitas AB of Bell Group plc.

From:
Competition and Markets Authority
Published
24 June 2004
Case type:
Mergers
Case state:
Closed
Market sector:
Fire, police and security
Outcome:
Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
Closed:
24 June 2004

Affected market:聽Security services, cash handling services

狈辞.听ME/1121/04

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the completed acquisition by Securitas AB of Bell Group聽plc does not qualify for investigation under the mergers provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act), because neither the UK turnover test nor the share of supply test in section 23 of the Act is met.聽 A relevant merger situation has, therefore, not been created.

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Published 24 June 2004