Decision Nº M/24/025 from Competition and Consumer Protection Commission,

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Commissioner for Environmental Information
• Decision Number: M/24/025
• Parties: Attestor Capital ICAV,Reardens of Washington Street, The Oliver Plunkett and Chambers Bar

Merger Notification No. M/24/025 – Attestor/Reardens and the Oliver Plunkett and Ch ambers

MERGER ANNOUNCEMENT M/24/025– ATTESTOR/REARDENS AND

THE OLIVER PLUNKETT AND CHAMBERS

Section 21 of the Competition Act 2002

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission clears the proposed acquisition by

Attestor Capital ICAV of the property and business known as Reardens of Washington

Street and the property and business known as the Oliver Plunkett and of the of the

property and business known as Chambers Bar

09 May 2024

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has today cleared the proposed transaction

whereby whereby Attestor Capital ICAV, acting for and on behalf of its sub-fund Attestor Hospitality

Portfolio, would acquire the property and business known as Reardens of Washington Street and the

property and business known as the Oliver Plunkett from Kmont Property Holdings Limited, and would

acquire the property and business known as Chambers Bar from Radius Pie Limited. The proposed

transaction was notified under the Competition Act 2002, as amended, on 24 April 2024.

The Commission has formed the view that the proposed transaction will not substantially lessen

competition in any market for goods or services in the State. The Commission will publish the reasons

for its determination on its website no later than 60 working days after the date of the determination

and after allowing the parties the opportunity to request that confidential information be removed

from the published version.

Additional Information

Attestor Capital ICAV is connected to Attestor Value Master Fund LP, which is registered in the Cayman

Islands. Attestor Value Master Fund LP is also connected to Attestor Limited, an investment

management company which is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom.

In the State, Attestor Capital commenced trading in the hospitality related sector in May 2021 and

now owns eight bars and two hotels in County Dublin.

Reardens of Washington Street comprises a bar and three nightclubs in a four-storey building at 24-

26 Washington St, Cork.