Premier International Foods UK Ltd / Apeejay International Tea Ltd

OFT closed case: Completed acquisition of the tea business of Premier International Foods UK Ltd by Apeejay International Tea Ltd.

Affected market: Tea Products

No. ME/2067/05

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the completed acquisition of the Tea Business of Premier International Foods UK Ltd by Apeejay International Tea Ltd does not qualify for investigation under the mergers provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002, 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 21 November 2005