9th Sep 2005 15:00
Office of Fair Trading09 September 2005 ENTERPRISE ACT 2002 - PRIOR NOTICE OF MERGERS The Office of Fair Trading received on 19 August 2005 a Merger Notice underSection 96 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act) in respect of the proposedarrangements for: Proposed acquisition by J Sainsbury plc of 9 Ex-Safeway Stores from Wm MorrisonSupermarkets plc The OFT now gives notice that in accordance with Section 97(2) of the Act theperiod for consideration of this Notice has been extended by a further period of10 working days. The period for considering this Notice will therefore expire on3 October 2005. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
MRW.LSainsbury's