Stock check pads: price-fixing and market-sharing

Office of Fair Trading (OFT) closed Competition Act 1998 case.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 31 March 2006

• Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Retail and wholesale
• Outcome: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
• Opened: 1 February 2004
• Closed: 31 March 2006

OFT decision: stockcheckpads.pdf

The list below sets out the penalty for each Party, both before and after any reductions for leniency, and the number of infringements:

• BemroseBooth Limited (£1,888,600 reduced to £nil by leniency)
• Achilles Paper Group Limited (£255,697.50 reduced to £127,848.75 by leniency)
• 4imprint Group PLC (£40,470).

No. CA98/03/2006

Published 31 March 2006