Newly acquired firm will be called Pinnacle Construction Materials while CMA completes probe

Breedon has officially completed its 拢178m acquisition of around 100 Cemex sites 鈥� but the move is still being probed by the competition watchdog.

The firm announced the deal with its rival materials firm in January but two weeks later the Competition and Markets Authority said it was looking into the purchase.

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Breedon will find out later this month whether the CMA will escalate its investigation

In an update this morning, Breedon said the former Cemex sites, which include 650 employees, will be operated in a separate company called Pinnacle Construction Materials.

It said this would be 鈥渁 newly-created ring-fenced business led by an independent management team and operating from its own offices鈥�.

It added: 鈥淔ollowing the conclusion of the CMA鈥檚 investigation, which could still take several months, and subject to the outcome of that investigation, the assets are expected to be incorporated into Breedon鈥檚 UK business.鈥�

The CMA has put a deadline of 26 August on whether to look into it further 鈥� a so-called Phase 2 investigation 鈥� or let the move go ahead.

Last week, Breedon become the latest quoted company in the sector to lay bare the impact of the coronavirus crisis on its figures with the firm nosediving into the red for the six months to June.

Turnover fell a quarter to 拢335m with pre-tax profit slumping from a 拢39.5m pre-tax profit last time to a 拢10.1m pre-tax loss.

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