IN THE MATTER OF an application by the Director of Investigation and Research under section 79 of the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1 AND IN THE MATTER OF certain practi The D & B Companies of Canada Ltd. ~ B E T w E E N: THE D & B COMPANIES OF CANADA and THE DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH and INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC. CANADIAN COUNCIL OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTORS
Intervenors CONSENT ORDER IMPACT STATEMENT 1. THE APPLICANT, THE D & B COMPANIES OF CANADA LTD., seeks an Order pursuant to Section 106 of the Competition Act to rescind or vary the Consolidated Order attached as Schedule "A" to the Notice of Application for a Consent Order to change the name of the Respondent therein, The D & B Companies of Canada Ltd. to ACNielsen Company of Canada Limited.
2. THE GROUNDS OR CIRCUMSTANCES giving rise to the Application for a Consent Order to amend the Consolidated Order by changing the name of the Respondent are:
(a) the business operations of The Nielsen Marketing Research Division formerly carried on by The D & B Companies of Canada Ltd., including its scanner-based market tracking business, has been transferred to a newly incorporated
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2 Canadian company named ACNielsen Company of Canada Limited;
(b) The D & B Companies of Canada Ltd. is no longer the corporate entity that carries on the business that was the subject of the Consolidated Order attached as Schedule "A" to the Notice of Application for a Consent Order and as such the Consolidated Order should be amended so that the appropriate corporate entity is named in the Consolidated Order.
3. The D & B Companies of Canada Ltd. and ACNielsen Company of Canada Limited state that the only anticipated effect of the requested order is that the name of the Respondent in the Consolidated Order will be changed from The D & B Companies of Canada Ltd. to ACNielsen Company of Canada Limited and that the anticipated effects on competition of that relief are nil.
March 21, 1997 FRASER & BEATIY Barristers & Solicitors 1 First Canadian Place
Suite 4100-100 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5X1B2
Randal T. Hughes Tel: (416) 863-4446 Fax: (416) 863-4592
Counsel for The D & B Companies of Canada Ltd. and ACNielsen Company of Canada Limited
TO: THE REGISTRAR Competition Tribunal 600 - 90 Sparks Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P5B4 Tel: (613) 954-0466 Fax: (613) 952-1123
3 AND TO: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - CANADA Place du Portage, Phase 1 50 Victoria Street, 22nd Floor
Hull, Quebec K1AOC9
Fran~ois Rioux Tel: (819) 997-3325
Fax: (819) 953-9267
Counsel for The Director of Investigation and Research AND TO: DAV IES, WARD, BECK Barristers & Solicitors 44th Floor, 1 First Canadian Place 100 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5X1Bl
Gavin MacKenzie, Esq. Geoffrey P. Cornish, Esq. Tel: (416) 863-5553
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Counsel for the Intervenor, Information Resources, Inc.
AND TO: PAQUETTE, GADLER Barristers & Solicitors
300 Place d'Yo uville Suite BlO Montreal, Quebec H2Y2B6
Paul Martin Tel: (514) 849-0771 Fax: (514) 849-4817
Counsel for the Intervenor, Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors