BURLINGTON SLATE LTD / KIRKSTONE QUARRIES LTD OFT closed case: Completed acquisition by Burlington Slate Limited of certain assets of Kirkstone Quarries Limited. Affected market: Quarrying

of slate No. ME/5476/12 Found not to qualify. On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the completed acquisition by Burlington Slate

Limited of certain assets of Kirkstone Quarries Limited does not qualify for investigation under the mergers provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act), because neither the UK turnover

test nor the share of supply test in section 23 of the Act is met. A relevant merger situation has, therefore, not been created. UPDATES TO THIS PAGE Published 20 July 2012