The Swedish Competition Authority decided on 23 January 2017 to take no further action with respect to Axfood Aktiebolag (publ)’s (“Axfood”) planned acquisition of Matse Holding AB (publ) (“Matse”).
On 15 December 2016 Axfood announced that it had made a cash offer to the shareholders of Matse to acquire all of the shares in Matse (“the Offer”). The offer document pertaining to the Offer was made public on 20 December 2016.
Execution of the Offer is conditional upon, among other things, that Axfood receives approval from the Swedish Competition Authority, which has now been achieved.
The Acceptance Period for the Offer runs through 23 January 2017. The settlement date is expected to be 30 January 2017. Axfood has retained the right to extend the Acceptance Period as well as postpone the point in time for reporting of the proceeds.
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Axfood aspires to be the leader in good and sustainable food. Our family of companies includes the store chains Willys and Hemköp as well as Tempo, Handlar’n and Direkten. B2B sales are handled through Axfood Snabbgross, and our support company Dagab is responsible for the Group’s product development, purchasing and logistics. The Axfood family also includes Mat.se, Middagsfrid and Urban Deli as well as the partly owned companies Apohem and Eurocash. Together the Group has more than 10,000 employees and sales of nearly SEK 50 bn. Axfood has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 1997, and the principal owner is Axel Johnson AB. Read more at www.axfood.se