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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-interest-merger-reference-telegraph-media-group-holdings-limited-pre-emptive-action-order-2026/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/144",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Interest Merger Reference (Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited) (Pre-emptive Action) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-interest-merger-reference-telegraph-media-group-holdings-limited-pre-emptive-action-order-2026",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interim provisions",
  "text": "The PIHL Group and the Acquiring Entities must not, during the specified period, take any pre-emptive action in relation to the proposed acquisition, including any action which might—\n(a) change or transfer the ownership or control of Telegraph Media Group, Telegraph Media Group Holdings or their subsidiaries;\n(b) transfer the ownership of the business or assets (including any shares in their subsidiaries) of Telegraph Media Group or Telegraph Media Group Holdings;\n(c) integrate the Telegraph Media Group Holdings business with any other enterprise;\n(d) otherwise impair the ability of the Telegraph Media Group Holdings business to compete independently in any of the markets affected by the proposed acquisition.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Pre-emptive action” is defined in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 7 to the Enterprise Act 2002. Paragraph 2(12) was inserted into Schedule 7 by paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 7 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/144/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:01.882985+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."
}