United Kingdom: Closed consultation on NortonLifeLock / Avast merger inquiry (Phase I)

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Closed consultation on NortonLifeLock / Avast merger inquiry (Phase I)

On 2 February 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed its consultation on the merger between NortonLifeLock Inc. and Avast plc. The two cybersecurity companies intend to merge to create a business selling online security software. The CMA will consider whether such a consolidation would lead to a substantial lessening of competition within any UK market.

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Scope

Policy Area

Competition

Policy Instrument

Merger control regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

software provider: other software

Implementation Level

national

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

competition authority

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2022-01-19

under deliberation

On 19 January 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced an inquiry into the merge…

2022-02-02

processing consultation

On 2 February 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed its consultation on the merg…

2022-03-16

under investigation

On 16 March 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) completed its initial inquiry (Phase …

2022-03-25

under deliberation

On 25 March 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced an inquiry into the NortonL…

2022-08-03

under investigation

On 3 August 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a notice on its provisional fi…

2022-08-24

processing consultation

On 24 August 2022, the public consultation on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provision…

2022-09-02

concluded

On 2 September 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its final findings regar…