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Pennon / Sumisho Osaka Gas Water UK merger inquiry

Competition Markets Authority

January 11
08:59 2024

Statutory timetable

Phase 1 Action
TBC Deadline for phase 1 decision (*)
TBC Launch of merger inquiry (**)
11 January 2024 Initial enforcement order

(*) This date is the current statutory deadline by when the decision will be announced. If any change occurs, the information is refreshed as soon as practicable. However, the CMA cannot guarantee that the decision will be announced on or before this current deadline, as the deadline of a given case may change during the merger assessment process due to different reasons.

(**) The CMA has decided to investigate this transaction. This case page will be updated when the CMA formally commences its phase 1 investigation.

Phase 1

Initial enforcement order

11 January 2024: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) served an initial enforcement order under section 72(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002, as modified by the Water Mergers (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 2004, in relation to the completed acquisition by Pennon Group Plc of Sumisho Osaka Gas Water UK Limited.

Contact

Please send written representations about any competition issues to: Pennon.SOGWUK@cma.gov.uk.

Your name and contact details are your personal data. In collecting, receiving, storing, accessing and using your personal data, the CMA, as controller, is processing your personal data. The CMA processes personal data in accordance with data protection law. The CMA is processing your personal data so that it can contact you again, should it need further help or information from you, in order to carry out its merger work under Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002. For more information about how the CMA processes personal data and your rights relating to that data, please see our Privacy Notice.

Published 11 January 2024

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