REG - Competition and Mkts - Merger Update: McCormick / Unilever

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    "excerpt": "Invitation to Comment: Anticipated acquisition by McCormick & Company, Inc. of the foods business of Unilever Plc The CMA is issuing this 'invitation to comment' to allow interested parties to submit to the CMA any initial views on the impact that the transaction could have on competition in the UK. The CMA has not yet launched its formal investigation into this transaction. This invitation to comment is the first part of the CMA's information-gathering process Invitation to comment: closes 5 August 2026 To assist it with this assessment, the CMA invites comments on competition issues from any interested party. These comments should be provided by the deadline set out above to: Darren Gysi D***@cma.gov.uk and m***@cma.gov.uk Your name and contact details are your personal data. In collecting, receiving, storing, accessing and using your personal data, the CMA, as controller, is processing your personal data. The CMA processes personal data in accordance with data protection law. The CMA is processing your personal data so that it can contact you again, should it need further help or information from you, in order to carry out its merger work under Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002. For more information about how the CMA processes personal data and your rights relating to that data, please see our Privacy Notice. RNS may use your IP address to confirm...",
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