Acquirer(s)

  • Gallagher Group

Target(s)

  • Country Electronics Pty Ltd

Summary

Gallagher Holdings Limited proposed to acquire Country electronics, trading as Thunderbird Agricultural Products.

Market definition

Please refer to the Public Competition Assessment.

Competition analysis

Please refer to the Public Competition Assessment.

Public competition assessment

Undertakings

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 20 December 2012 delayed pending receipt of information from the parties.

ACCC received further information from the merger parties. ACCC timeline recommenced.

ACCC published a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns.

Closing date for submissions relating to Statement of Issues.

Former proposed decision date of 15 March 2013 delayed to allow provision of information requested from Gallagher.

ACCC received further information from Gallagher. ACCC timeline recommenced.

Former proposed decision date of 21 March 2013 delayed to allow Gallagher to make further submissions.

Timeline suspended at Gallagher's request to allow it to make further submissions.

ACCC received further information from Gallagher.

ACCC announced it would not oppose the proposed acquisition, subject to a section 87B undertaking accepted by ACCC.