M/09/022 – GSO / ALcontrol
Transaction details
The Proposed acquisition of sole control by certain investment funds managed or advised by GSO Capital Partners LP of ALcontrol Holdings (UK) Limited, ALcontrol Holdings (Netherlands) BV and ALcontrol Holdings (Sweden) AB
| Notification date | Decision date |
|---|---|
| Wednesday October 7, 2009 | Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| Parties Involved | Business activities |
|---|---|
| GSO Capital Partners LP | GSO: is an alternative asset manager specialising in the leveraged finance marketplace. GSO manages various multi-strategy credit hedge funds, mezzanine funds, senior debt funds, separate accounts and various CLO vehicles. |
| ALcontrol Holdings Limited | ALcontrol: is mainly active in the field of laboratory analysis in the environmental testing sector and the food testing sector. In Ireland, ALcontrol's activities relate to environmental laboratory testing only. |
| Economic sector | Media merger |
|---|---|
| Laboratory analysis in the environmental testing sector. | No |
| Submissions from third parties due by: | |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | Phase 2 |
| Saturday, October 17, 2009 | |
| Current status: Completed |
|---|
| Cleared (Phase 1) |
| Authorised Officer Assigned | Contact Details |
|---|---|
| Mr. Andrew Rae | Tel:01-804 5420. email: ar@tca.ie |
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