• Preliminary pages
• 1  Year in review
• 2  ACCC and AER overview
• 3  Report on performance
• 4  Management and accountability
• 5  Financial statements
• 6  Appendixes
  • Appendix 1:
    Agency and outcome resource statements
  • Appendix 2:
    Staffing
  • Appendix 3:
    Occupational health and safety
  • Appendix 4:
    Freedom of information
  • Appendix 5:
    Advertising and market research
  • Appendix 6:
    Ecologically sustainable development
  • Appendix 7:
    Consultancies
  • Appendix 8:
    Commonwealth Disability Strategy
  • Appendix 9:
    Trade Practices Act and other legislation
  • Appendix 10:
    Information required under the Trade Practices Act
  • Appendix 11:
    Section 87B undertakings accepted 2009–10
  • Appendix 12:
    Litigation in 2009–10
  • Appendix 13:
    Mergers in 2009–10—major assessments
  • Appendix 14:
    Authorisations and notifications in 2009–10—significant decisions
• Glossary and abbreviations
• Compliance index

Part six: Appendixes

Appendix 13:
Mergers in 2009–10—major assessments

All public merger decisions for 2009–10 were published on the ACCC website at www.accc.gov.au/mergers. Notable examples are listed below.

Merger reviews publicly opposed

• POTA NSW Pty Ltd—proposed acquisition of Maritime Container Services
• Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd—proposed acquisition of Ernst & Young's tax compliance software products
• Gunns Ltd—proposed acquisition of ITC Timber Pty Ltd
• Caltex Australia Ltd proposed acquisition of the retail assets of Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd
• GUD Holdings Ltd—proposed acquisition of Breville
• Link Market Services Ltd—proposed acquisition of Newreg Pty Ltd
• Cargill Australia Ltd—proposed acquisition of Goodman Fielder's commercial fats and oils
• National Australia Bank Ltd—proposed acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd

Merger reviews resolved by court enforceable undertakings

• Pfizer Inc.—proposed merger with Wyeth
• Schering-Plough Corporation and Merck & Co. Inc.—proposed merger between international pharmaceutical manufacturers
• Woolworths Ltd—proposed acquisition of Danks Holdings Ltd
• Agilent Technologies Inc.—proposed acquisition of Varian Inc.

Merger reviews not opposed

• AMP Ltd—proposed acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings' Australian and New Zealand businesses
• Amcor Ltd—proposed acquisition of certain businesses of Alcan Packaging from Rio Tinto PLC
• Pact Group Pty Ltd—proposed acquisition of certain assets from Huhtamaki Australia Pty Ltd
• National Australia Bank Ltd—proposed acquisition of mortgage management business from Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd
• Australian United Retailers Ltd (FoodWorks)—proposed acquisition of 45 supermarkets and eight liquor stores from Wesfarmers Ltd

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