Merger Update

19 Apr 2006 15:00

Office of Fair Trading19 April 2006 Merger Clearance: The OFT has decided, on the information currently available to it, not to referthe following merger to the Competition Commission under the provisions of theEnterprise Act 2002: Anticipated acquisition by Npower Ltd of the electricity and gasbusinesses of Telecom Plus plc 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