Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC Statement re. Update on Acquisition (2597R)
June 25 2015 - 9:36AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMHILS
RNS Number : 2597R
Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC
25 June 2015
25 June 2015
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC
Update on the acquisition of W Corbett & Co. (Galvanizing)
Limited
On 23 April 2015, Hill & Smith Holdings PLC ("Hill &
Smith" or "the Group") announced that it had signed a conditional
sale and purchase agreement to acquire W Corbett & Co.
(Galvanizing) Limited ("Corbetts") for an enterprise value of
GBP10.5m ("the Acquisition").
Hill & Smith confirms that the UK Competition and Markets
Authority ("CMA") has today published an announcement in relation
to its Phase 1 review of the Acquisition of Corbetts by Joseph Ash
Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hill & Smith, under the
merger control provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002. It has
concluded that the transaction will be referred for an in-depth
Phase II investigation unless suitable undertakings are given. Hill
& Smith is carefully considering the CMA's announcement,
together with the full detail behind it and will make a further
announcement in due course.
A link to the CMA's Press Release and further information on the
CMA's investigation into Hill & Smith's proposed acquisition of
Corbetts is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/joseph-ash-w-corbett-co-galvanizing-merger-inquiry
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
Derek Muir, Group Chief Executive Tel: +44 (0) 121 704 7430
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC
John Olsen/Andrew Leach Tel: +44 (0) 203 128 8100
MHP Communications
Notes to Editors
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC is an international group with
leading positions in the design, manufacture and supply of
infrastructure products and galvanizing services to global markets.
It serves its customers from facilities principally in the
Australia, France, India, Norway, Sweden, Thailand, the UK and the
USA.
The Group's operations are organised into three main business
segments:
Infrastructure Products - Roads, supplying products and services
such as permanent and temporary road safety barriers, street
lighting columns, bridge parapets, gantries, temporary car parks,
variable road messaging solutions and traffic data collection
systems.
Infrastructure Products - Utilities, supplying products and
services such as pipe supports for the power and liquid natural gas
markets, energy grid components, "GRP" railway platforms and flood
prevention barriers, plastic drainage pipes, industrial flooring,
handrails, access covers and security fencing.
Galvanizing Services which provides zinc and other coatings for
a wide range of products including fencing, lighting columns,
structural steel work, bridges, agricultural and other products for
the infrastructure and construction markets.
Headquartered in the UK and quoted on the London Stock Exchange
(LSE: HILS.L), Hill & Smith Holdings PLC employs some 3,800
staff across 55 sites, principally in 8 countries.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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