Tedcastles Oil Products (TOP) / Ashbourne Oil Company [2015] IECompA m15019 (10 April 2015)

Tedcastles Oil Products (TOP) / Ashbourne Oil Company [2015] IECompA m15019 (10 April 2015)

The proposed acquisition does not raise competition concerns and is cleared unconditionally at Phase 1.

Parties
Acquirer: Tedcastles Oil Products (TOP); Target: Ashbourne Oil Company Limited
Jurisdiction
Ireland
Judgment Date
10 April 2015
Procedural Posture
Merger Control / Determination (phase 1)
Outcome
cleared (Phase 1)
Legal Topics
Merger Control, Retail Fuel Market

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Parties

Tedcastles Oil Products (TOP)

Acquirer

Ashbourne Oil Company Limited

Target

Procedural Posture

Merger Control / Determination (phase 1)

  1. 1 Whether the proposed acquisition of sole control of certain assets of Ashbourne Oil Company Limited by Tedcastles Oil Products would substantially lessen competition in the relevant market

Ratio Decidendi

The proposed acquisition does not raise competition concerns and is cleared unconditionally at Phase 1.

Court Disposition

cleared (Phase 1)