Merger Update: Eville & Jones/Vorenta

CMA TO CONSIDER UNDERTAKINGS OFFERED: COMPLETED ACQUISITION BY EVILLE & JONES (GROUP) LIMITED OF VORENTA LTD

On 6 March 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it is or may be the case that the above Merger has resulted or may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition within a market or markets in the United Kingdom.

On 13 March 2022, Eville & Jones (Group) Limited offered undertakings to the CMA. The CMA has considered the undertakings offered and today announced that it considers that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the undertaking offered, or a modified version of it, might be accepted by the CMA to remedy the substantial lessening of competition identified by the CMA.

The CMA now has until 19 May 2023 to decide whether to accept the undertakings, with the possibility to extend this timeframe to 17 July 2023 if it considers there are special reasons for doing so.

The text of this decision will be placed on the CMA's website at https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases as soon as is reasonably practical.

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