REG - Competition and Mkts - Merger Update: NEC / SSS

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15/09/2022 13:15

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RNS Number : 6072Z  Competition and Markets Authority  15 September 2022

 

Completed acquisition by NEC Software Solutions UK Limited of SSS Public
Safety Limited and Secure Solutions USA LLC (previously part of Capita plc).

 

 

Publication of provisional findings

 

The CMA has provisionally found competition concerns as part of its in-depth
investigation of the completed acquisition by NEC Software Solutions UK
Limited (NECSWS) of SSS Public Safety Limited and Secure Solutions USA LLC
(previously part of Capita plc).

 

The CMA has provisionally found a substantial lessening of competition (SLC)
in two markets: (i) the supply of Integrated Communication and Control
Services software to emergency services and transport customers in the UK,
and; (ii) the supply of Duties Management Systems software to police customers
in the UK. The CMA has provisionally cleared the supply of Records Management
Software to police customers in the UK.

 

The provisional findings are being published at this time in order that the
CMA can meet the statutory deadline for completing this case. The CMA welcomes
responses from interested parties to its provisional findings by 7 October
2022. The CMA also welcomes responses to its notice of possible remedies,
which sets out potential options for addressing its provisional concerns, by
30 September 2022. These will be considered ahead of the CMA issuing its final
report, which is due by 26 October 2022.

 

The summary of the provisional findings can be found on the case page
(https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/nec-software-solutions-uk-slash-capita-secure-solutions-and-services-merger-inquiry)
. The full report will be published shortly.

 

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