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CHC / Babcock merger inquiry

Competition Markets Authority

July 15
11:31 2022

Phase 2

Administrative timetable

Date of Reference: 29 November 2021

Statutory deadline: 10 July 2022

Notice of proposal to accept final undertakings

15 July 2022: The CMA gives notice of the proposal to accept final undertakings and is inviting comments by 5pm on 1 August 2022.

Final report

1 June 2022: The CMA has published its final report.

Notice of extension of statutory period

Responses to provisional findings and possible remedies

Provisional findings

17 March 2022: The CMA has provisionally found competition concerns as part of its in-depth investigation of the completed acquisition by CHC Group LLC of Offshore Helicopter Services UK Limited, Offshore Services Australasia Pty Ltd and Offshore Helicopter Services Denmark A/S.

The deadline for submitting responses to the provisional findings is 5pm on Thursday 7 April 2022.

The deadline for submitting responses to the notice of possible remedies is 5pm on Thursday 31 March 2022.

Issues statement

16 December 2021: The issues statement sets out the scope of the phase 2 inquiry and outlines the inquiry groups initial theory of harm. It does not set out any findings or conclusions. The deadline for submitting responses to the issues statement is 5pm, Tuesday 4 January 2022.

Contact

CHC.Babcock@cma.gov.uk

Inquiry group appointed

29 November 2021: The CMA has appointed the inquiry group.

Kip Meek (Chair), Juliet Lazarus, Cyrus Mehta, and Karthik Subramanya.

Terms of reference

29 November 2021: The CMA has referred the completed acquisition by CHC Group LLC of Offshore Helicopter Services UK Limited, Offshore Services Australasia Pty Ltd and Offshore Helicopter Services Denmark A/S for an in-depth investigation. A copy of the Terms of Reference will be published in due course.

Phase 1

Statutory timetable

Date Action
18 November 2021 Decision announced
24 September 2021 Invitation to comment
23 September 2021 Launch of merger inquiry
26 May 2021 Initial enforcement order

Reference decision

29 November 2021: The CMA has referred the completed acquisition by CHC Group LLC of Offshore Helicopter Services UK Limited, Offshore Services Australasia Pty Ltd and Offshore Helicopter Services Denmark A/S for an in-depth investigation, on the basis that, on the information currently available to it, it is or may be the case that this merger has r

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