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Case title Sector Comments by date Contact Expected decision date*
2 Sisters / Vion Production of poultry meat products 29 April 2013
Peter Swan
020 7211 8794
TBC
Airport Partners / Eye UK Airport advertising 29 April 2013
Hassan Bakay
020 7211 8123
TBC
Avis / Zipcar Car hiring and car sharing schemes 11 February 2013
Androulla Soteriou
020 7211 8244
Found not to qualify
BlackRock / Credit Suisse Financial Services 8 May 2013
Carlos Martinez Rico
020 7211 5839
13 June 2013
BSkyB / Be Un Home broadband and telephony 4 April 2013
Carole Bowley
020 7211 8912
Cleared
BT / ESPN Global Sports television broadcasting 30 May 2013
Peter Swan
020 7211 8794
9 July 2013
Capita plc / STL Technologies software and ICT services for the criminal justice system 30 May 2013
Tom Heideman
020 7211 8499
TBC
Cineworld / City Screens Cinemas 15 February 2013
Peter Swan
020 7211 8794
Referred
Coca-Cola / Fresh Trading Soft drinks 19 March 2013
Zoe Fiander
020 7211 8561
Cleared
Costain Group / May Gurney Integrated Services Maintenance and capital projects for utilities and infrastructure sectors 17 April 2013
Sophie Perrussel
020 7211 8737
TBC
Costcutter / Palmer & Harvey Grocery retailing 7 May 2013
Bola Ajayi
020 7211 8385
TBC
Cott / Cooke Bros Soft drinks 15 May 2013
Hassan Bakay
020 7211 8123
13 June 2013
Daily Mail General Holdings / Iliffe Settlement / Trinity Mirror - Local World Limited Local newspapers 31 January 2013
Jennifer Harvey
020 7211 8838
TBC
Diamond Bus / FirstGroup Redditch and Kidderminster Bus services 2 May 2013
Carlos Martínez Rico
020 7211 5839
TBC
HPI Limited / Carweb Limited Vehicle history checks 1 March 2013
Carole Bowley
020 7211 8912
Cleared
Imerys Minerals / Goonvean Holdings Kaolin 17 December 2012
Androulla Soteriou
020 7211 8244
Referred
IMS Health undertakings review Market research 26 February 2013
Carole Bowley
020 7211 8912
TBC
IQE Plc / Kopin Wireless Manufacture of electronic materials 4 March 2013
Peter Swan
020 7211 8794
Found not to qualify
Isleburn / Dorchester 948 Fabrication 16 April 2013
Hassan Bakay
020 7211 8123
TBC
Kier / May Gurney Waste management and other services for utilities and infrastructure sectors 10 May 2013
Sophie Perrussel
020 7211 8737
10 June 2013
Optimax / Ultralase Laser eye surgery and refractive surgery 14 February 2013
Androulla Soteriou
020 7211 8838
TBC
Oxford University Press / Nelson Thornes Educational publishing 11 February 2013
Carole Bowley
020 7211 8912
TBC
R&R Ice Cream / Fredericks Dairies Manufacture of ice cream 22 May 2013
Jennifer Harvey
020 7211 8838
2 July 2013
Shell, Greenergy, Vopak / Petroplus (Coryton refinery) Refining, import, distribution and storage of oil products 31 August 2012
Tom Heideman
020 7211 8449
TBC
Skanska Construction / Atkins Highways maintenance 5 April 2013
Sophie Perrussel
020 7211 8737
Cleared
SSP Health / Liverpool Primary Care Trust / NHS Sefton Supply of NHS medical services 5 December 2012
Raúl Nieto
020 7211 5866
TBC
Web Reservations International / HostelBookers.com Online accommodation services 31 May 2013
Tom Heideman
020 7211 8499
11 July 2013

*Legal notice: This date is the OFT case team's best up-to-date estimate of the date by when the decision will be announced. If any change occurs, the information is refreshed as soon as practicable. However, the OFT cannot guarantee that it will be announced on or before this estimated date as the timetable of a given case may change during the merger assessment process due to different reasons.

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