Boparan Private Office / Banham Poultry merger inquiry

The CMA investigated and cleared the completed acquisition by Boparan Private Office, via Amber REI Holdings Limited, of Banham Poultry (2018) Limited.

Statutory timetable

Date Action
27 April 2022 Decision published
25 March 2022 Decision announced
28 January 2022 to 11 February 2022 Invitation to comment
28 January 2022 Launch of merger inquiry
3 November 2021 Initial enforcement order

Phase 1

CMA Clearance decision

25 March 2022: The CMA has cleared the completed acquisition by Boparan Private Office, via Amber REI Holdings Limited, of Banham Poultry (2018) Limited.

Launch of merger inquiry

28 January 2022: The CMA announced the launch of its merger inquiry by notice to the parties.

Invitation to comment: closed

28 January 2022: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is considering whether it is or may be the case that this transaction has resulted in the creation of a relevant merger situation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 and, if so, whether the creation of that situation has resulted, or may be expected to result, in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services.

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

These comments should be provided by the deadline set out above.

Initial enforcement order

3 November 2021: The CMA has served an initial enforcement order under section 72(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002 in relation to the completed acquisition by Boparan Private Office, via Amber REI Holdings Limited, of Banham Poultry (2018) Limited

Amendments/consents granted

Contact

Please send written representations about any competition or public interest to general.enquiries@cma.gov.uk

Updates to this page

Published 8 November 2021
Last updated 27 April 2022 + show all updates
  1. Full text decision published.

  2. Clearance decision published.

  3. Derogations published.

  4. Merger inquiry launched.

  5. Directions issued on 7 January 2022 and derogations published.

  6. First published.