Solera Holdings Inc. acquisition of Autodata faces an in-depth merger probe, unless it offers acceptable ways of addressing competition concerns raised by regulators in the United Kingdom. Solera announced it was acquiring Autodata in January and was completed in February.
The companies supply vehicle maintenance and repair information platforms across the UK and the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) initial investigation found that they are the twomain suppliers of these platforms in the UK and compete closely with each other.
The CMA found that the merged company would face very limited competition in the UK and that there are
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