13th Feb 2006 12:50
Office of Fair Trading13 February 2006 Merger Update: Completed Acquisition by William Hill plc of the licensed betting officebusiness of Stanley plc The OFT has decided today to accept the undertakings offered by William Hillplc. It has decided that the undertakings offered address the competitionconcerns which arose from the completed acquisition by William Hill plc of thelicensed betting office business of Stanley plc. This transaction will not nowbe referred to the Competition Commission. The text of the decision and the undertakings will be placed on the Office ofFair Trading's website at www.oft.gov.uk with links from the Office's WeeklyGazette as soon as is reasonably practicable. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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