Westcoast Holdings/Binnian Limited
Transaction details
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:24 August 2023
- Publication date:24 August 2023
- Economic sector:Telecom & IT service activities - K
- Economic sub-sector:Data hosting & IT services - K.63
- Simplified merger:Yes
- Outcome:Cleared
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.
