21st Jul 2005 16:00
Office of Fair Trading21 July 2005 ENTERPRISE ACT 2002 - PRIOR NOTICE OF MERGERS The Office of Fair Trading received on 6 July 2005 a Merger Notice under Section96 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act) in respect of the proposed arrangementsfor: Anticipated acquisition by Diageo plc of The 'Old Bushmills' Distillery CompanyLimited 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 on17 August 2005. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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