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Gallagher Group - proposed acquisition of Country Electronics Pty Ltd


Type of assessment Informal Review
Reference 49885
Acquirer(s)
Gallagher Group
Target(s)
Country Electronics Pty Ltd
Industry Electronics
Date commenced 25th October 2012
Project staff Sam Campbell
Gabrielle Ford
Contact Email mergers@accc.gov.au
Market inquiries
Market inquiries on the Statement of Issues have now closed. Queries regarding the ACCC's review may be addressed to Narita Nagin and Sam Campbell at mergers@accc.gov.au.
Statement of issues
Related media releases
Indicative timeline
Date Event
25th October 2012 ACCC commenced review under the Merger Review Process Guidelines.
15th November 2012 Closing date for submissions from interested parties.
13th December 2012 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.
20th December 2012 ACCC received further information from the merger parties. ACCC timeline recommenced.
31st January 2013 ACCC published a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns.
15th February 2013 Closing date for submissions relating to Statement of Issues.
4th March 2013 Former proposed decision date of 15 March 2013 delayed to allow provision of information requested from Gallagher.
11th March 2013 ACCC received further information from Gallagher. ACCC timeline recommenced.
21st March 2013 Former proposed decision date of 21 March 2013 delayed to allow Gallagher to make further submissions.
27th March 2013 Timeline suspended at Gallagher's request to allow it to make further submissions. ACCC will announce the new final decision date upon receipt of further submissions from Gallagher.

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