24th Aug 2007 16:28
Office of Fair Trading24 August 2007 The following replaces the Merger Update announcement released today, 24 Augustat 15:00 under RNS number 7918C. Harcourt Education Ltd is replaced withHarcourt Businesses. All other details remain unchanged and the full amendedtext appears below: Merger Clearance: The OFT has decided, on the information currently available to it, not to referthe following merger to the Competition Commission under the provisions of theEnterprise Act 2002: Completed acquisition by Pearson plc of Harcourt Businesses from Reed Elsevierplc The text of this decision will be placed on the Office of Fair Trading's website at www.oft.gov.uk 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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