{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-reference-atlas-copco-ab-and-desoutter-brothers-holdings-plc-order-1989/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-reference-atlas-copco-ab-and-desoutter-brothers-holdings-plc-order-1989/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1718",
  "legislation_title": "The Merger Reference (Atlas Copco AB and Desoutter Brothers (Holdings) plc) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-reference-atlas-copco-ab-and-desoutter-brothers-holdings-plc-order-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nAtlas Copco AB, its subsidiaries and its associates are prohibited by this Order from acquiring any shares or interests in shares in Desoutter Brothers (Holdings) plc if together they would have 15% or more of any class of voting shares, from exercising 15% or more of voting rights and from making agreements with others to secure control of Desoutter.\nThe proposed merger of Atlas and Desoutter has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.\nThe Order, unless previously revoked, will cease to have effect–\n(a) 40 days after the Commission’s report is laid before Parliament; or\n(b) on the failure of the Commission to report within the period allowed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1718/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:36:57.668383+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}