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JD Sports/Footasylum merger: UK CMA remittal decision finding a substantial lessening of competition and requiring full divestiture; CAT remittal context and interim order and section 109 penalties (2019–2022)

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A UK remittal investigation into JD Sports Fashion plc’s completed acquisition of Footasylum plc. The deal involves horizontal overlaps in the retail markets for sports fashion footwear and clothing.

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On 14 February 2022, the CMA announced its decision to levy fines totalling almost £4.7m on JD Sports Fashion plc and Footasylum plc for breaching an interim order and an information request issued under section 109 of the Enterprise Act 2002. The order barred JD Sports and Footasylum from sharing commercially sensitive information without prior consent and required the companies to alert the CMA immediately to any possibility that such information had been exchanged. The CMA found that, during two meetings in July and August 2021, the CEOs of JD Sports Fashion plc and Footasylum plc shared commercially sensitive information and then failed to alert, or promptly alert, the CMA. The CMA considered this to amount to three distinct breaches of the interim order. For not having adequate Safeguards in place, as

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