M/23/046 – Westcoast Holdings / Binnian Limited

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2023.09.13 M.23.046 Merger Annoucement
M.23.046 Westcoast Holdings and Binnian Limited Public Determination

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The proposed acquisition by Westcoast (Holdings) Limited of sole control of Binnian Limited has been cleared by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.

Notification date	Decision date
Friday August 25, 2023	Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Parties Involved	Business activities
Westcoast (Holdings) Limited	Westcoast (Holdings) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Westcoast Group Holdings Limited. The principal activity of the Westcoast group of companies is the provision of IT equipment and related services. They distribute technology products and services from IT brands such as HP, HPE, Microsoft, Juniper, Lenovo, Apple, Samsung etc, to a broad range of resellers, retailers, e-tailers, web-shops, cloud service providers, MSP’s, cyber security specialists, system integrators, contract printers and datacentres predominantly in the UK and mainland Europe. In the State, Westcoast (Holdings) Limited is primarily active and generates the majority of its sales via its Irish incorporated subsidiary Clarity Computer (Distribution) Limited (“Clarity”), which is active in the wholesale distribution of IT products to resellers who then typically sell to business end users in the State. This includes personal computers and mobile devices; servers; storage products; security, network and cloud computer solutions; PC peripherals; printers and printing supplies; and communications solutions.
Binnian Limited	Binnian Limited is active as a reseller of IT products and ICT solutions and services provider offering a comprehensive range of technology and service offerings to a wide range of private and public sector organisations. In the State, Binnian Limited supplies Brother, Cannon, Epson, Aruba, HP, HPE, Microsoft, Sophos, Veeam, VMware and Cisco products and services to customers in the State to include the following categories: cloud services; ICT support and managed services; network storage and virtualisation, personal systems; continuity, backup and security; enterprise resource planning (ERP)/business management apps; print & IT supplies; and print & document solutions.

Parties Involved

Business activities

Westcoast (Holdings) Limited

Westcoast (Holdings) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Westcoast Group Holdings Limited. The principal activity of the Westcoast group of companies is the provision of IT equipment and related services. They distribute technology products and services from IT brands such as HP, HPE, Microsoft, Juniper, Lenovo, Apple, Samsung etc, to a broad range of resellers, retailers, e-tailers, web-shops, cloud service providers, MSP’s, cyber security specialists, system integrators, contract printers and datacentres predominantly in the UK and mainland Europe.

In the State, Westcoast (Holdings) Limited is primarily active and generates the majority of its sales via its Irish incorporated subsidiary Clarity Computer (Distribution) Limited (“Clarity”), which is active in the wholesale distribution of IT products to resellers who then typically sell to business end users in the State. This includes personal computers and mobile devices; servers; storage products; security, network and cloud computer solutions; PC peripherals; printers and printing supplies; and communications solutions.

Binnian Limited

Binnian Limited is active as a reseller of IT products and ICT solutions and services provider offering a comprehensive range of technology and service offerings to a wide range of private and public sector organisations.

In the State, Binnian Limited supplies Brother, Cannon, Epson, Aruba, HP, HPE, Microsoft, Sophos, Veeam, VMware and Cisco products and services to customers in the State to include the following categories: cloud services; ICT support and managed services; network storage and virtualisation, personal systems; continuity, backup and security; enterprise resource planning (ERP)/business management apps; print & IT supplies; and print & document solutions.

Economic sector	Media merger
Information & Communications	No

Submissions from third parties due by:
Phase 1	Phase 2
Friday, September 8, 2023

Current status: Completed
Simplified Merger Notification

Authorised Officer Assigned	Contact Details
Jason McGoldrick	jasonmcgoldrick@ccpc.ie

Media enquiries: communications@ccpc.ie

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