03/11/2011 | ACCC commenced review under the Merger Review Process Guidelines. |
01/12/2011 | Closing date for submissions from interested parties. |
09/12/2011 | ACCC requested further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline suspended. Former proposed decision date for announcement of ACCC's findings of 22 December 2011 delayed. |
23/12/2011 | ACCC received further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline recommenced. |
12/01/2012 | ACCC requested further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline suspended. Former proposed decision date for announcement of ACCC's findings of 27 January 2012 delayed. ACCC will announce a new proposed decision date in due course. |
27/01/2012 | ACCC received further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline recommenced. |
09/02/2012 | ACCC published a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns. |
23/02/2012 | Closing date for submissions relating to Statement of Issues. |
01/03/2012 | ACCC is awaiting further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline suspended. Former proposed decision date for announcement of ACCC's finding of 8 March 2012 delayed. |
28/03/2012 | ACCC received further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline recommenced. |
13/04/2012 | ACCC requested further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline suspended. |
18/05/2012 | ACCC received further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline recommenced. |
08/06/2012 | Woolworths has withdrawn its request for an informal merger review. Consequently, the ACCC has discontinued its review without making a final decision. The former proposed decision date of the review was 14 June 2012. |