Consultation outcome

FirstGroup plc – request to release merger undertakings

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 7 September 2015
• Last updated: 30 October 2015 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

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Decision statement

PDF, 308 KB, 7 pages

Detail of outcome

The CMA has decided to open a review into the undertakings relating to the completed acquisition by FirstGroup plc of SB Holdings Ltd.

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Original consultation

Summary

An invitation to comment on a request by FirstGroup to release the undertakings given in the acquisition of SB Holdings Limited.

This consultation ran from
9am on 7 September 2015 to 5pm on 25 September 2015

Consultation description

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is inviting comments on a request by FirstGroup plc (FirstGroup) to release the undertakings given in relation to its bus business across southern and central Scotland.

The undertakings were accepted in 2002 following the Monopolies and Mergers Commission’s review of the 1996 acquisition of SB Holdings Limited, a Scottish bus operator. The undertakings were last reviewed by the Competition Commission in 2008.

The CMA is considering whether to launch a review of these undertakings under section 88(4)(a) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 as applied by paragraph 16(3) of Schedule 24 to the Enterprise Act 2002.

Documents

Invitation to comment

PDF, 167 KB, 2 pages

FirstGroup application for the release of undertakings

PDF, 1.21 MB, 50 pages

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Annex 1: 2002 undertakings

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Annex 2: 2008 undertakings

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Annex 3: Hybrid CPT Index

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Annex 4: Scotland East maps

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Annex 5: Dalkeith

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Annex 6: Activity by competitors 2011-2015

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Annex 7: Glasgow

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Published 7 September 2015
Last updated 30 October 2015 + show all updates

1. 30 October 2015

   Decision statement published.

2. 7 September 2015

   First published.