Provisional Closure of CMA Investigation

RNS Number : 8813I

MITIE Group PLC

07 December 2022

 

7 December 2022

Mitie Group plc

LEI number: 213800MTCLTKEHWZMJ03

Mitie Group plc - Provisional Closure of CMA Investigation  

On 4 March 2022, Mitie Group plc ("Mitie" or the "Company") announced that the Competition and Markets Authority (the "CMA") had launched an investigation (the "Investigation") into the participation by Mitie, Mitie Care and Custody Limited and PAE Incorporated (together the "Parties"), in the on-going procurement processes run by the UK Government (Home Office) for the contracts to supply certain services at Heathrow and Derwentside Immigration Removal Centres in the UK.

The CMA has today announced that it has provisionally decided to close the Investigation on the basis that there are no grounds for action. 

The Parties and the Home Office will now have the opportunity to consider the CMA's provisional decision and to respond to it. The CMA will announce its final decision on closure of the Investigation in due course.

This announcement contains inside information. The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is Peter Dickinson, Chief of Staff and General Counsel.

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For further information

Fiona Lawrence Group IR Director	M: [phone]	E:  [e-mail]
Claire Lovegrove Head of External Communications	M: [phone]	E: [e-mail]
P eter Dickinson Chief of Staff & General Counsel	M: [phone]	E: [e-mail]

About Mitie 

Founded in 1987, Mitie's job is to look after places where Britain works and is the leading facilities management company in the UK. We offer a range of services to the Public Sectors in Central Government and Defence and Communities (Healthcare, Education and Campus & Critical).  Our Technical Services (Engineering Services, Energy, Water and Real Estate Services) and Business Services (Security, Cleaning and Office Services) divisions serve private sector customers in Telecoms, Financial & Professional Services, Transport and Industrials and increasingly to the public sector. Finally, our Specialist Services (Care & Custody, Landscapes, Waste Management and Spain) division serves both the public and private sectors in these niche businesses. 

Mitie acquired Interserve's facilities management business on 30 November 2020 and now employs 68,000 people. We are the champion of the 'Frontline Heroes' who have kept Britain working during the COVID pandemic. We take care of our customers' people and buildings, through the 'Science of Service', and we are transforming facilities to be more flexible, safe, sustainable, and attractive to all. 

 Find out more at  www.mitie.com . 

 

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