Cineworld / City Screen merger inquiry
The Competition Commission investigated the completed acquisition by Cineworld Group plc (Cineworld) of City Screen Limited (City Screen).
Administrative timetable
| Phase 2 date | Action |
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| 14 October 2013 | Statutory deadline |
| 8 October 2013 | Publish final report |
| 21 August 2013 | Publish provisional findings, publish notice of possible remedies (if required) |
| 19 July | Deadline for all parties鈥� submissions before provisional findings |
| July 2013 | Main party hearings |
| May to June 2013 | Publish statement of issues |
| May 2013 | Gathering information through document requests, questionnaires, third party hearings and a site visit |
| 30 April 2013 | Merger reference made |
Phase 2
Case closed
16 February 2015: Cineworld has sold its Cambridge cinema to The Light, a purchaser approved by the CMA. This now completes the divestments required by the Competition Commission.
CMA news story: CMA welcomes Cambridge cinema sale (16.2.15)
Notice of acceptance of further undertakings varying final undertakings
22 October 2014: The CMA has accepted a variation to the final undertakings given by Cineworld and City Screen to remedy the SLC found in its final report.
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Notice of intention to vary undertakings
30 September 2014: The CMA is consulting on a variation to the final undertakings given by Cineworld and City Screen to remedy the SLC found in its final report.
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Invitation to comment: Now closed
Undertakings
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Evidence
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CC-commissioned research and surveys
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Responses to provisional findings report and Notice of possible remedies
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Announcements
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CC commissions GfK NOP (an independent market research company) to conduct a survey on behalf of the CC into how cinema services are supplied in the UK for the Cineworld / City Screen merger inquiry (17.06.13)
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News releases
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Core documents
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- Inquiry Group: Alasdair Smith (Chairman of the group), Rosalind Hedley-Miller, Jon Stern and John Wotton
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Phase 1
Decisions
30 April 2013 - Reference
Affected market: Motion picture projection
SIC code: 92.13
Initial undertakings (30 April 2013)
Cineworld / City Screens
Cineworld / City Screens Initial undertakings
Name of acquirer: Cineworld Group plc
Description of merger: Completed acquisition by Cineworld Group plc of City Screens Limited
Date original undertakings accepted: 24/12/2012
Companies giving undertakings: Cineworld Group plc and City Screens Limited
Nature of undertakings: hold separate undertakings
SIC code: 92.13
Details of undertakings: Download the (pdf 48kb)
Amendments/consents: None to date
Affected market: Motion picture projection
No. ME/5877/12
Referred
Read the (pdf 495kb).