{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-reference-blue-circle-industries-plc-and-myson-group-plc-order-1989/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-reference-blue-circle-industries-plc-and-myson-group-plc-order-1989/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1558",
  "legislation_title": "The Merger Reference (Blue Circle Industries plc and Myson Group plc) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-reference-blue-circle-industries-plc-and-myson-group-plc-order-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nBlue Circle Industries plc, its subsidiaries and its associates are prohibited by this Order from acquiring any shares or interests in shares in Myson Group plc beyond those already held, from exercising 15% or more of voting rights and from making agreements with others to secure control of Myson.\nThe proposed merger of Blue Circle and Myson has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. (The merger created by Blue Circle’s existing 29.5% holding in Myson has also been referred.)\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/1989/1558/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:37:59.338290+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."
}