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IBM / Ascential [2005] IECompA m05011 (24 March 2005)

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Transaction details

Proposal whereby Ironbridge Acquisition Corporation (“Ironbridge”), a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM Corporation (“IBM”), would acquire Ascential Software Corporation (“Ascential”).

Economic sector	Media merger
Data Integration software	No

Notification date: Thursday, March 24, 2005

Parties Involved	Business activities
Irish Nurseries Limited
Negley Groom	IBM is active worldwide in the development, production, and marketing of a variety of information technology solutions. IBM’s
Give Joy Limited	Active in the development and marketing of data integration software solutions.
Uniplumo (Ireland) Limited
IBM
Ascential

Current status

Completed

Preliminary investigation (Phase 1)

Irish Competition Authority Decisions

Transaction details

Notification date: Thursday, March 24, 2005

Decision date: Wednesday, April 20, 2005