M/18/039 - Brookfield / Imagine [2018] IECompA m18039 (7 June 2018)

M/18/039 - Brookfield / Imagine [2018] IECompA m18039 (7 June 2018)

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission determined that the proposed acquisition would not substantially lessen competition in any market for goods or services in the State and therefore cleared the transaction.

Parties
Acquirer: Brookfield Asset Management Inc.; Target: Imagine Communications Group Limited; Acquirer: BCP IV Telecommunications Limited
Jurisdiction
Ireland
Judgment Date
07 June 2018
Procedural Posture
Merger Control / Phase 1 Clearance
Outcome
cleared
Legal Topics
Merger Control, Acquisition of Sole Control, Telecommunications Sector

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Parties

Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

Acquirer

Imagine Communications Group Limited

Target

BCP IV Telecommunications Limited

Acquirer

Procedural Posture

Merger Control / Phase 1 Clearance

  1. 1 Whether the proposed acquisition of sole control of Imagine Communications Group Limited by BCP IV Telecommunications Limited would substantially lessen competition in any market for goods or services in the State.

Ratio Decidendi

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission determined that the proposed acquisition would not substantially lessen competition in any market for goods or services in the State and therefore cleared the transaction.

Court Disposition

cleared

Orders

  • The proposed acquisition of sole control of Imagine Communications Group Limited by BCP IV Telecommunications Limited is cleared.