The Secretary of State has given the Competition and Markets Authority an intervention notice on public interest grounds in respect of the anticipated acquisition of Perpetuus Advanced Materials plc (“Perpetuus”). This Order is made for the purpose of preventing action which might prejudice a reference of the matter to the Competition and Markets Authority under section 45 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) or impede the taking of any action under Part 3 of that Act which may be justified by the Secretary of State’s decisions on the reference.