T&F Informa plc / IIR Holdings Ltd

OFT closed case: Anticipated acquisition by T&F Informa plc of IIR Holdings Limited.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 5 July 2005

• Case type: Mergers
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Distribution and service industries
• Outcome: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
• Closed: 5 July 2005

Affected market: Conferences and training courses

No. ME/1782/05

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the anticipated acquisition by T&F Informa plc of IIR Holdings Limited does not qualify for investigation under the mergers provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002, 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 5 July 2005