The UK Competition Authority imposes a fine for failure to comply with mandatory document requests under Section 109 Notices (Sabre / Farelogix)

The CMA today published a penalty notice addressed to Sabre Corporation in the context of its anticipated acquisition of Farelogix Inc, for its failure to comply with two Section 109 Enterprise Act Notices. The anticipated acquisition is currently being examined by the CMA after its Merger Intelligence Committee identified the transaction as requiring further investigation (recent CMA statistics identified that 29% of the transactions it reviewed over the last year were detected