10/10/2013 | ACCC commenced review under the Merger Process Guidelines. |
28/10/2013 | Closing date for submissions from interested parties. ACCC assessing information provided during market inquiries and consulting with merger parties on any relevant issues or concerns arising. |
13/11/2013 | Woolworths has requested additional time to respond to an information request from the ACCC. Provisional date for announcement of ACCC's findings (28 November) is delayed. |
26/11/2013 | ACCC received information from Woolworths. |
19/12/2013 | ACCC published a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns. |
17/01/2014 | Closing date for submissions relating to Statement of Issues. |
10/02/2014 | Woolworths has withdrawn its request for an informal merger review.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 13 February 2014. |