Sportech plc / Data Tote Ltd

OFT closed case: Completed acquisition by Sportech plc of Data Tote Limited.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 9 December 2013

• Case type: Mergers
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Recreation and leisure
• Outcome: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
• Closed: 9 December 2013

Completed acquisition by Sportech plc of Data Tote Limited

Affected market: Tote betting technology

No. ME/6247/13

Found not to qualify.

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the completed acquisition by Sportech plc of Data Tote Limited 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. A relevant merger situation has, therefore, not been created.

Published 9 December 2013