EirGrid plc / SONI Ltd

OFT closed case: Anticipated acquisition by EirGrid plc of SONI Limited

From:
Competition and Markets Authority
Published
17 October 2008
Case type:
Mergers
Case state:
Closed
Market sector:
Energy
Outcome:
Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
Closed:
17 October 2008

Affected market: Electricity transmission

No. ME/3859/08

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the anticipated acquisition by EirGrid plc of SONI 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 17 October 2008