Opus Group Pty Ltd (Opus) proposes to acquire Ovato Book Printing, which is the book printing business of Ovato Limited (Ovato).
Ovato's two principal businesses in Australia are Ovato Book Printing and Print Australia, Ovato's commercial printing business.
Liverpool Partners (LVP) proposes to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Genea Limited (Genea).
LVP is a private equity investor that acquired Adora Fertility Pty Ltd (Adora) on 1 June 2022.
Adora and Genea both provide fertility services, including In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF).
Adora operates one fertility clinic in each of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, with the majority of its treatments being low cost, bulk-billed treatments.
On 5 April 2022, Doughnut Time Franchising Trust Pty Ltd (Doughnut Time), a retail franchise which specialises in the sale of glazed doughnuts lodged an exclusive dealing notification with the ACCC. The notified exclusive dealing conduct is described as follows:
Pact Group Holdings Ltd (Pact) proposes to acquire Synergy Packaging Pty Ltd (Synergy).
On 28 February 2022, the State of Western Australia as represented by the Department of Health (the Department) lodged an application for authorisation AA1000605.
Culligan is controlled by Osmosis Buyer Limited (Osmosis). Culligan is headquartered is the USA and operates a global water systems treatment company. In Australia, Culligan owns the Zip brand, which manufactures and supplies multi-functional taps, bottle-free coolers, wall mounted boilers, bubblers and other drinking water solutions.
On 14 October 2021, the City of Hobart Council, Glenorchy City Council and Kingborough City Council (the Councils) applied for authorisation to collectively tender and contract for Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) processing services, including acceptance, sorting and disposal. Authorisation is sought for 4 years and 6 months to cover the initial procurement process and contracts for the provision of services.
On 26 November 2021, Greenfields Development Company No. 2 Pty Ltd (GDC2) lodged exclusive dealing notification N10000546. The notified exclusive dealing conduct is described as follows:
GDC2 proposes to supply individual residential lots of land at Oran Park (NSW) to purchasers on the condition that they enter into a contract for residential construction services with an appointed builder for the relevant lot.
On 14 February 2022, the ACCC received an application for authorisation from Linfox Australia Pty Ltd, on behalf of itself and related bodies corporate, and other supply chain companies (together, the Participants) for coordination and prioritisation arrangements to facilitate the recovery of the major supply disruptions on the Trans-Australian Railway caused by the floods in South Australia.
Together with Linfox, the Participants were:
On 19 January 2022, CALMS Ltd (CALMS) sought re-authorisation to continue the use of its ‘not to exceed’ fee schedule in the provision of after-hours primary medical care in the ACT (the Conduct).
CALMS sought authorisation for 10 years. CALMS also requested that the ACCC grant interim authorisation due to the existing authorisation expiring on 20 March 2022.