Transaction details
The Proposed acquisition of sole control by certain investment funds managed or advised by GSO Capital Partners LP of ALcontrol Holdings (UK) Limited, ALcontrol Holdings (Netherlands) BV and ALcontrol Holdings (Sweden) AB
| Economic sector | Media merger |
| Laboratory analysis in the environmental testing sector. | No |
Notification date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
| Parties Involved | Business activities |
| Aer Lingus | |
| GSO Capital Partners LP | GSO: is an alternative asset manager specialising in the leveraged finance marketplace. GSO manages various multi-strategy credit hedge funds, mezzanine funds, senior debt funds, separate accounts and various CLO vehicles. |
| ALcontrol Holdings Limited | ALcontrol: is mainly active in the field of laboratory analysis in the environmental testing sector and the food testing sector. In Ireland, ALcontrol's activities relate to environmental laboratory testing only. |
| Case Officer Assigned | Contact Details |
| Mr. Andrew Rae | Tel:01-804 5420. email: ar@tca.ie |
The deadline for any third parties who wish to make submissions regarding the competition aspects of this merger is:
| Phase 1 |
| Saturday, October 17, 2009 |
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Current status |
Completed |
Cleared (Phase 1) |
Decision date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
