Statement of Commissioner Chopra In the Matter of Sycamore Partners II, L.P., Staples, Inc. and Essendant Inc.
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By
Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
181 0180
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Statement of Commissioner Slaughter In the Matter of Sycamore Partners II, L.P., Staples, Inc. and Essendant Inc.
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By
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner
Matter Number
181 0180
Statement of Commissioner Wilson In the Matter of Sycamore Partners II, L.P., Staples, Inc. and Essendant Inc.
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By
Christine S. Wilson, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
181 0180
FTC Imposes Conditions on Staples’ Acquisition of Office Supply Wholesaler Essendant Inc.
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Office supply distributors Staples Inc. and Essendant Inc. have agreed to a settlement as part of the companies’ proposed $482.7 million merger in order to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations...
Sycamore Partners II, L.P., Staples, Inc. and Essendant Inc., In the Matter of
Office supply distributors Staples Inc. and Essendant Inc. have agreed to a settlement as part of the companies’ proposed $482.7 million merger in order to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that the deal may have harmed competition in the market for office supply products sold to small- and mid-sized businesses.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
181 0180
FTC Requests Public Comment on an Application from Praxair and Linde to Approve Sale of an Industrial Gases Plant to LyondellBasell
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The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application from industrial gas suppliers Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG to divest a hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas plant to...
FTC Requests Public Comment on an Application from Praxair and Linde to Approve Sale of Industrial Gases Assets to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application from Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG to divest hydrogen facilities and other assets to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. The...
FTC Imposes Conditions in Joint Venture among Three Producers of PET Resin
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Three PET resin producers have agreed to restructure their transaction and to accept certain other conditions to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their proposed $1.1 billion joint...
FTC Requests Public Comment on an Application from Praxair and Linde to Approve Sale of Industrial Gases Assets to a Messer Group GmbH/CVC Capital Partners Joint Venture
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The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application from Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG to divest industrial gases assets to a joint venture between Messer Group GmbH and...
FTC Approves Teva Petition to Reopen and Modify Decision and Order in Case Involving Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Acquisition of Actavis Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Teva to reopen and modify its decision and order in connection with the 2012 merger of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Actavis Inc. The...
Watson Pharmaceuticals / Actavis Inc., In the Matter of
The FTC required Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Actavis Inc. to sell the rights and assets to 18 drugs to Sandoz International GmbH and Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc, and relinquish the manufacturing and marketing rights to three others, to settle charges that Watson’s proposed $5.9 billion acquisition of Actavis would otherwise be anticompetitive. The settlement protects competition in the markets for 21 current and future generic drugs, used to treat a wide range of conditions ranging from hypertension and diabetes to anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
There is a related federal proceeding and two related administrative proceedings:
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1210132
Docket Number
C-4373
Administrative Law Judge Upholds FTC’s Complaint Allegations that Merger of Major Titanium Dioxide Companies would have Harmed Competition
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In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell upheld allegations in a Federal Trade Commission complaint challenging the merger of Tronox Limited and...
FTC Testifies before House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law on Competition Enforcement Activities and Policy Priorities
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In testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law , the Federal Trade Commission described its current competition enforcement activities and policy...
FTC Charges Executive Whose Company Owns New York Knicks, New York Rangers with Violations of U.S. Premerger Notification Requirements
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James L. Dolan, Executive Chairman of Madison Square Garden Company, has agreed to pay $609,810 in civil penalties to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that he violated the Hart-Scott...
FTC Approves Modified Final Order Imposing Conditions on Northrop Grumman’s Acquisition of Solid Rocket Motor Supplier Orbital ATK, Inc.
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a modified final order settling charges that Northrop Grumman’s $7.8 billion acquisition of aerospace and defense...
Northrop Grumman and Orbital ATK, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
181 0005
C-4652
Report
Mergers of capacity-constrained firms
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Merging firms regularly argue that mergers involving capacity-constrained firms are unlikely to be anticompetitive, because the incentive for the merged firm to raise prices and reduce quantity may...
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Mergers of capacity-constrained firms
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FTC Requests Public Comment on Supervalu Inc.’s Application to Approve Sale of 2 Supermarkets Operating under the Shop ’n Save Banner in Va. and W. Va.
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The Federal Trade Commission is accepting public comments on an application by Supervalu Inc. to divest a Shop ’n Save supermarket in Berryville, Va., and another in Martinsburg, WV. The FTC’s Oct. 31...
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