Acquirer(s)
- Wesfarmers Ltd
Target(s)
- Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd
Summary
On 17 December 2010, receivers were apppointed to Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd and certain shareholdings of its holding company, Burrup Holdings Ltd. Wesfarmers proposed to acquire all or part of Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd, its assets or the shares in Burrup Holdings Ltd.Market definition
Please see Public Competition Assessment.Competition analysis
Please see Public Competition Assessment.Statement of issues
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| Statement of Issues. |
Public competition assessment
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| Public competition assessment |
Timeline
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ACCC commenced review under the Merger Review Process Guidelines. |
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Closing date for submissions from interested parties. |
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ACCC requested further information from Wesfarmers. Former proposed date for announcement of ACCC's findings of 14 April 2011, amended to allow for provision of further information. |
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ACCC received further information from Wesfarmers. ACCC timeline recommenced. |
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ACCC timeline suspended pending receipt of further information requested from Burrup Holdings. Former proposed date of 28 April 2011 delayed to allow provision of information. |
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ACCC received further information from Burrup Holdings. ACCC timeline recommenced. |
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ACCC published a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns. |
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ACCC requested further information from Wesfarmers. Former proposed decision date of 23 June 2011 delayed. ACCC timeline suspended pending receipt of information requested. |
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Closing date for submissions relating to Statement of Issues. |
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ACCC received further information from Wesfarmers. ACCC timeline recommenced. |
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ACCC announced it would not oppose the proposed acquisition. |