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Statutory timetable

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Phase 1Action
29 October 2026 to 12 November 2026Invitation to comment (*)
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(*) The CMA is inviting comments from any interested party. This case page will be updated when the CMA formally commences its phase 1 investigation.

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Phase 1

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Invitation to comment: Closes 12 November

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29 October 2026: The CMA is issuing this ‘invitation to comment’ to allow interested parties to submit to the CMA any initial views on the impact that the transaction could have on competition in the UK. The CMA has not yet launched its formal investigation into this transaction. This invitation to comment is the first part of the CMA’s information-gathering process.

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To assist it with this assessment, the CMA invites comments on the transaction from any interested party.

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Written representations about any competition issues should be provided by the deadline set out above.

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Pre-notification

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The CMA has received the necessary information from the parties to commence pre-notification.

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Contact

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Please send written representations about any competition issues to:

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Your name and contact details are your personal data. In collecting, receiving, storing, accessing and using your personal data, the CMA, as controller, is processing your personal data. The CMA processes personal data in accordance with data protection law. The CMA is processing your personal data so that it can contact you again, should it need further help or information from you, in order to carry out its merger work under Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002. For more information about how the CMA processes personal data and your rights relating to that data, please read our Privacy Notice.

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