Acquirer(s)

  • Amalgamated Holdings Limited and Village Roadshow Limited

Target(s)

  • Pacific Cinemas (Loganholme) Hyperplex

Summary

Amalgamated Holdings Limited and Village Roadshow Limited, by way of a 50:50 joint venture company, acquired Pacific Cinemas (Loganholme) Pty Ltd (trading as the Loganholme Hyperplex Cinemas).

Timeline

Date Event

ACCC commenced review under the Merger Review Process Guidelines.

Closing date for submissions from interested parties.

ACCC requested further information from the merger parties. ACCC timeline suspended. Former proposed decision date of 14 November 2013 delayed to allow provision of requested information.

The merger parties completed the acquisition.

ACCC received further information from AHL.

The ACCC announced that, based on the information available at this time, it would discontinue its investigation into the completed acquisition. The ACCC will however continue to monitor the effect of the acquisition on competition in the relevant market.