M/18/086 - Brightstone Trading/Fitzpatrick Motors (Bray) [2018] IECompA m18086 (7 December 2018)
The Commission found that the acquisition would not substantially lessen competition in the motor retail sector and cleared the transaction.
- Parties
- Acquirer: Brightstone Trading Limited; Target: Fitzpatrick Motors (Bray) Limited
- Jurisdiction
- Ireland
- Judgment Date
- 07 December 2018
- Procedural Posture
- Merger Notification / Phase 1 Clearance
- Outcome
- cleared
- Legal Topics
- Merger Control, Motor Retail Sector
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Parties
Brightstone Trading Limited
Acquirer
Fitzpatrick Motors (Bray) Limited
Target
Procedural Posture
Merger Notification / Phase 1 Clearance
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the proposed acquisition would substantially lessen competition in the motor retail sector
Ratio Decidendi
The Commission found that the acquisition would not substantially lessen competition in the motor retail sector and cleared the transaction.
Court Disposition
cleared
Orders
- Acquisition by Brightstone Trading Limited of Fitzpatrick Motors (Bray) Limited is approved.
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