Merger Update

28 Nov 2005 15:00

Office of Fair Trading28 November 2005 Merger Update: The OFT has decided, on the information currently available to it, that arelevant merger situation, under the provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002, hasnot been created in the following merger: Completed acquisition by Dairy Crest Group plc of the Express Foodservicebusiness in London of Arla Foods UK Limited The text of this decision will be placed on the Office of Fair Trading's website at www.oft.gov.uk and will also appear in the Office's Weekly Gazette assoon as is reasonably practicable. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange