4th Jan 2005 11:00
Office of Fair Trading04 January 2005 ENTERPRISE ACT 2002 - PRIOR NOTICE OF MERGERS The Office of Fair Trading received on 10 December 2004 a Merger Notice underSection 96 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act) in respect of the proposedarrangements for: Anticipated acquisition by Smiths Group plc of Medvest Holding Corporation Inc.and its operating subsidiary Medex, Inc. 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 on26 January 2005. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Smiths Group