Merger Update

6 May 2008 15:00

Office of Fair Trading06 May 2008 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: COMPLETED ACQUISITION BY ORIGIN ENTERPRISES PLC OF MASSTOCK GROUP HOLDINGSLIMITED The text of this decision will be placed on the Office of Fair Trading's website at www.oft.gov.uk as soon as is reasonably practicable. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange