Penguin Random House / Simon & Schuster

RNS Announcement

RNS Number : 2109Y

Competition and Markets Authority

12 May 2021

Merger Clearance:

The CMA has decided, on the information currently available to it, not to refer the following merger to a Phase 2 investigation under the provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002:

Title of Merger case: anticipated acquisition by Penguin Random House LLC of the Simon & Schuster book publishing business

The text of this decision will be placed on the Competition and Markets Authority's web site at https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases as soon as is reasonably practicable.

In the event of media enquiries please email Press@cma.gov.uk or Matthew.Jordan@cma.gov.uk or call Matthew Jordan on 020 37386283.

For Publicity:

The full title of the Merger Case: Anticipated acquisition by Penguin Random House LLC of the Simon & Schuster book publishing business

The affected market: Paper printing and packaging

The merger reference code: ME/6916/20

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RNS metadata

Title: Penguin Random House / Simon & Schuster
Time: 07:00:02
Date: 12 May 2021
Category: Acquisitions and alliances
ID: 2109Y