Travis Perkins Trading Company Ltd / PJ Scott & Sons

OFT closed case: Completed acquisition by Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited of PJ Scott & Sons.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 26 July 2005

• Case type: Mergers
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Building and construction
• Outcome: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
• Closed: 26 July 2005

Affected market: Builders merchants

No. ME/1839/05

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the completed acquisition of P J Scott & Sons by Travis Perkins Trading Company 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 26 July 2005