Swift Australia Pty Ltd - proposed acquisition of Rockdale Beef Pty Ltd

Status:

Completed

Outcome:

Not opposed on 9 September 2010

Reference number:

41279

Industry:

Beef processing

Commenced:

8 April 2010

Total review days:

90 days

Acquirer(s)

Please see the attached Public Competition Assessment.

Please see the attached Public Competition Assessment.

Document title	Date
Statement of Issues ( PDF 99.29 KB )	24 Jun 2010

Document title	Date
Public competition assessment ( PDF 145.69 KB )	19 Oct 2010

Date	Event
08/04/2010	ACCC commenced review under the Merger Review Process Guidelines.
30/04/2010	Closing date for submissions from interested parties.
26/05/2010	ACCC requested further information from Swift Australia. ACCC timeline suspended to allow Swift Australia to respond to the ACCC's request for further information.
04/06/2010	ACCC received further information from Swift Australia. ACCC timeline remained suspended to await further information from Rockdale Beef.
10/06/2010	ACCC received further information from Rockdale Beef. ACCC timeline recommenced.
24/06/2010	ACCC published a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns.
06/07/2010	Closing date for submissions relating to Statement of Issues.
13/07/2010	ACCC requested further information from Swift Australia.
14/07/2010	ACCC requested further information from Rockdale Beef. ACCC timeline suspended to allow the merger parties to provide the information requested.
26/07/2010	ACCC received further information from Rockdale Beef and a partial response from Swift Australia to the ACCC's information request. ACCC timeline recommenced.
12/08/2010	ACCC received further information from Swift Australia. Former proposed date of 26 August 2010 amended to allow the ACCC to consider additional information provided by Swift Australia.
09/09/2010	ACCC announced it would not oppose the proposed acquisition.