AP Eagers Limited's Merger Authorisation

Yuki Sugawa

Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law

Yuki Sugawa, ‘AP Eagers Limited’s Merger Authorisation’ (2020) 28 AJCCL 36

‘On July 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) granted conditional authorisation to AP Eagers Limited (AP Eagers) to acquire all of the ordinary shares in Automotive Holdings Group Limited (AHG) that it did not already own.

AP Eagers and AHG were the two largest car dealership groups operating in Australia and post-merger, would hold just under 12% of new car sales nationally. …’