National Security Mergers
Since the commencement of the Enterprise Act’s merger provisions on 20 June 2003, intervention notices relating to the public interest consideration "national security" have been issued in the following cases:
14 June 2011 - After receiving a report from the Office of Fair Trading the Secretary of State has released Groupe SNPE from the statutory undertakings it gave in relation to the rocket motors joint venture MBDA in 2002. The undetakings were given to remedy national security concerns.
- Acquisition of Alvis plc by General Dynamics Corporation.
- Acquisition of full control of AgustaWestland N.V. by Finmeccanica S.p.A.
- Acquisition of parts of the military communication and avionics businesses of BAE Systems plc by Finmeccanica S.p.A.
- Acquisition of Insys Group Limited by Lockheed Martin UK Holdings Limited.
- Release and variation of undertakings given by BAE SYSTEMS relating to its acquisition of the Marconi Electronic Systems business of the General Electric Company Plc (March 2000).
- Acquisition of Smiths Aerospace Division by General Electric Company.
- Acquisition of QinetiQ's Under Water Systems Division by Atlas Elektronik UK.
You can view the documents accompanying these mergers on our archived page of national security mergers.
