Prior Notice of Merger

RNS Number:3684M
Office of Fair Trading
16 June 2003


FAIR TRADING ACT 1973 - PRIOR NOTICE OF MERGERS

The Office of Fair Trading received on 19 May 2003 a Merger Notice under Section
75A of the Fair Trading Act 1973 (the Act) in respect of the proposed
arrangements for:

Proposed acquisition by GondolaExpress plc of Pizza Express plc.

The OFT now gives notice that in accordance with section 75B(3) of the Act the
period for consideration of this Notice has been extended by a further period of
15 working days. The period for considering this Notice will therefore expire on
7 July 2003.


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