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Merger inquiries

• AAH Pharmaceuticals Limited / East Anglian Pharmaceuticals Limited merger inquiry

  3 Dec 2003

• Alpha Flight Group Limited / LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG merger inquiry

  10 Oct 2011

• Anglo American plc / Johnston Group plc merger inquiry

  29 Sep 2004

• Arcelor SA / Corus Group plc merger inquiry

  10 Sep 2004

• Archant Limited / Independent News and Media PLC merger inquiry

  29 Apr 2004

• Ardagh International Holdings Limited / Redfearn Glass Limited merger inquiry

  1 Aug 2005

• Arriva Plc / Sovereign Bus & Coach Company Ltd merger inquiry

  3 Aug 2004

• BATS Trading Limited / Chi-X Europe Limited merger inquiry

  20 Jun 2011

• BBC Worldwide Limited, Channel Four Television Corporation and ITV plc joint venture

  30 Jun 2008

• Bretagne-Angleterre-Irlande S.A. / P&O Ferries merger inquiry

  7 Dec 2004

• Brightsolid Group Limited / Friends Reunited Holdings Limited merger inquiry

  3 Nov 2009

• British Salt Limited / New Cheshire Salt Works Limited merger inquiry

  26 May 2005

• British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC / ITV PLC merger inquiry

  24 May 2007

• Bucher Industries AG / Johnston Sweepers Limited merger inquiry

  6 Apr 2005

• Capita Group plc / IBS OPENSystems plc merger inquiry

  19 Nov 2008

• Carl Zeiss GmbH / Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc merger inquiry

  30 Dec 2003

• CBS Private Capital Limited / Hampden Agencies Limited merger inquiry

  14 Jul 2006

• CineWorld Group plc / Hollywood Green Leisure Park, Wood Green merger inquiry

  17 Mar 2008

• Clifford Kent Holdings Limited / Deans Food Group Limited merger inquiry

  13 Sep 2006

• ConvaTec Limited / Acordis Speciality Fibres Limited merger inquiry

  12 Feb 2004

• Cott Beverages Limited / Macaw (Holdings) Limited merger inquiry

  28 Nov 2005

• Dods / DeHavilland merger inquiry

  22 Jun 2012

• Dorf Ketal Chemicals / Johnson Matthey merger inquiry

  19 Nov 2010

• Dräger Medical AG / Air-Shieldsfrom Hillenbrand Industries Inc merger inquiry

  18 Dec 2003

• DS Smith plc / LINPAC Containers Limited merger inquiry

  20 May 2004

• Emap plc / ABI Building Data Ltd merger inquiry

  1 Jul 2004

• Epwin Holdings Limited / Latium Building Products Holdings Limited merger inquiry

  18 Jun 2012

• EWS Railway Holdings Limited / Marcroft Holdings Limited merger inquiry

  6 Feb 2006

• Firstgroup plc / InterCity East Coast Franchise merger inquiry

  21 Dec 2004

• Firstgroup plc / Scotrail Franchise merger inquiry

  13 Jan 2004

• Francisco Partners L.P. / G International Inc. merger inquiry

  22 Mar 2005

• Future plc / Highbury House plc merger inquiry

  14 Apr 2005

• G4S Cash Services (UK) Limited / Abbotshurst Group plc merger inquiry

  18 May 2007

• GAME Group plc / Game Station Limited merger inquiry

  9 Aug 2007

• Getty Image Inc. / Rex Features Ltd merger inquiry

  8 Jul 2010

• Greater Western Passenger Rail Franchise merger inquiries

  30 Sep 2005

• Greif Inc / Blagden Packaging Group merger inquiry

  20 Feb 2007

• Hamsard 2786 Limited / Academy Music Holdings Limited merger inquiry

  21 Aug 2006

• HJ Heinz Company / HP Foods Group merger inquiry

  26 Oct 2005

• HMV Group plc / Ottakar's plc merger inquiry

  6 Dec 2005

• Hospedia Ltd / Premier Telesolutions Limited merger inquiry

  7 Oct 2008

• IPC Media Ltd / Horse Deals Ltd merger inquiry

  16 Aug 2006

• Kemira Growhow Oyj / Terra Industries Inc merger inquiry

  26 Jan 2007

• Kent Messenger Limited / Northcliffe Media Limited merger inquiry

  18 Oct 2011

• Kerry Foods Limited / Headland Foods Limited merger inquiry

  12 Jul 2011

• Killarney Manufacturing Group Limited / Balmoral Tanks merger inquiry

  25 Oct 2007

• Knauf Insulation Limited / Superglass Insulation Limited merger inquiry

  17 Jun 2004

• Linde AG / Ineos Chlor Limited merger inquiry

  29 May 2008

• Linergy Limited / Ulster Farm By-Products Limited Proposed merger inquiry

  15 Mar 2012

• LINK Interchange Network Limited / Transaction Network Services (UK) Limited merger inquiry

  27 Jan 2005

• London Stock Exchange plc / Deutsche Börse AG and Euronext N.V. merger inquiries

  29 Mar 2005

• Long Clawson Dairy Limited / The Millway, business of Dairy Crest Group plc merger inquiry

  8 Oct 2008

• MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Limited / Quest Associates merger inquiry

  14 Feb 2007

• Macquarie Airports Ltd and Ferrovial Aeropuertos SA / Exeter and Devon Airports Ltd merger inquiry

  11 Oct 2005

• Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures / National Grid Wireless Group merger inquiry

  8 Aug 2007

• March UK Ltd / GUS plc merger inquiry

  25 Sep 2003

• MBL Holdings Limited / TrigoldCrystal Group Limited merger inquiry

  17 Mar 2011

• McGill’s Bus Services Limited / Arriva Scotland West Limited merger inquiry

  14 Apr 2012

• Napier Brown Foods plc / James Budgett Sugars Ltd merger inquiry

  12 Oct 2004

• National Express Group plc / Greater Anglia Franchise merger inquiry

  27 May 2004

• National Express Group plc / Thameslink and Great Northern Franchise merger inquiry

  3 Aug 2005

• National Milk Records Plc / The Cattle Information Services Ltd merger inquiry

  3 Mar 2004

• NBTY Europe Limited / Julian Graves Limited merger inquiry

  20 Mar 2009

• News Corporation / British Sky Broadcasting plc merger inquiry

  13 Jul 2011

• Nufarm Limited / AH Marks Holdings Limited merger inquiry

  29 Aug 2008

• Pan Fish ASA / Marine Harvest N.V. merger inquiry

  6 Jul 2006

• Polypipe Building Products Limited / Verplas Limited merger inquiry

  11 Jul 2007

• Ratcliff Palfinger Limited / Ross & Bonnyman Limited merger inquiry

  18 Feb 2011

• RMIG Limited / Ash & Lacy Perforators Limited merger inquiry

  26 Aug 2009

• Robert Wiseman Dairies plc / Scottish Milk Dairies Limited merger inquiry

  19 Oct 2005

• Safenet Inc / nCipher plc merger inquiry

  30 Mar 2006

• Sector Treasury Services Ltd / Butlers merger inquiry

  31 Mar 2011

• Serviced Dispense Equipment Limited / Coors Brewers Limited merger inquiry

  29 Sep 2004

• Somerfield plc / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc merger inquiry

  23 Mar 2005

• South East Water Limited / Mid Kent Water Limited merger inquiry

  16 Nov 2006

• South Staffordshire Plc / Cambridge Water PLC merger inquiry

  5 Jan 2012

• Sportech plc / Vernons merger inquiry

  3 May 2007

• Sports Direct International plc / JJB Sports plc merger inquiry

  7 Aug 2009

• Stagecoach / First Devon merger inquiry

  10 Jul 2012

• Stagecoach Bus Holdings Limited / Braddell plc joint venture

  15 Mar 2006

• Stagecoach Group plc / Eastbourne Buses Limited merger inquiry

  13 May 2009

• Stagecoach Group plc / Preston Bus Limited merger inquiry

  28 May 2009

• Stena AB / DFDS Seaways Irish Sea Ferries Limited merger inquiry

  8 Feb 2011

• Stena AB / The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company merger inquiry

  22 Aug 2003

• Stericycle International LLC / Sterile Technologies Group Ltd merger inquiry

  28 Jun 2006

• Stericycle, Inc / Ecowaste Southwest Limited merger inquiry

  25 Aug 2011

• SvitzerWijsmuller A/S / Adsteam Marine Ltd merger inquiry

  31 Aug 2006

• Taminco NV / Air Products and Chemicals Inc merger inquiry

  16 Jul 2004

• Tesco plc / Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited store at Uxbridge Road, Slough merger inquiry

  19 Apr 2007

• Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited / GV Instruments Limited merger inquiry

  15 Dec 2006

• Thomas Cook Group plc / Co-operative Group Limited / Midlands Co-operative Society Limited merger inquiry

  31 Mar 2011

• Ticketmaster Entertainment / Live Nation, Inc. merger inquiry

  10 Jun 2009

• Unum Ltd / Swiss Life (UK) plc merger inquiry

  31 Oct 2003

• VPS Holdings Limited / SitexOrbis Holdings Limited merger inquiry

  5 Mar 2012

• Vue Entertainment Holdings (UK) Limited / A3 Cinema Limited merger inquiry

  23 Sep 2005

• Wienerberger Finance Service BV / Baggeridge Brick plc merger inquiry

  11 Dec 2006

• Woolworths Group PLC / Bertram Group Limited merger inquiry

  3 Apr 2007

• Zipcar Inc. / Streetcar Limited merger inquiry

  10 Aug 2010