Go-Ahead / Konectbus

OFT closed case: Completed acquisition by the Go-Ahead Group plc of Konectbus Ltd

From:
Competition and Markets Authority
Published
7 May 2010
Case type:
Mergers
Case state:
Closed
Market sector:
Transport
Outcome:
Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
Closed:
7 May 2010

Affected market: Local bus services

No. ME/4483/10

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the completed acquisition of Konectbus Ltd by the Go-Ahead Group plc 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 7 May 2010