General Notice No. 245 of 2014

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Title	Competition Commission » Notification to approve with conditions the transaction involving » Afgate Properties (Pietersburg) Proprietary Limited and Murray and Roberts Limiteds Hall Longmore Business
Department	Trade and Industry
Gazette	National Gazettes, No. 37478 of 28 March, 2014, 6 page(s), 644Kb

10  No. 37478                GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28 MARCH 2014

NOTICE 245 OF 2014

COMPETITION COMMISSION

NOTIFICATION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS THE TRANSACTION INVOLVING:

AFGATE PROPERTIES (PIETERSBURG) PROPRIETARY LIMITED

AND

MURRAY & ROBERTS LIMITED'S HALL LONGMORE BUSINESS

2013DEC0589

The Competition Commission hereby gives notice, in terms of Rule 38 (3)(c) of the 'Rules for
                the Conduct of Proceedings    in the Competition Commission, that it has approved the

transaction involving the above mentioned firms subject to conditions as set out below:

On 05 December 2013, the Competition Commission (the "Commission") received a notice of
                an intermediate merger whereby the primary acquiring firm, Afgate Properties (Pietersburg)
                Proprietary Limited ( "Afgate ") intends to acquire, as a going concern, the business operation of
                Murray & Roberts Limited's Hall Longmore business (the "Hall Longmore business"). On
                completion of the proposed transaction, Afgate will wholly-own Hall Longmore business.

There is a horizontal overlap in the activities of the merging parties in the market for the

manufacturing and supply of ERW 219 mm and 273 mm diameter steel pipes.
                The Commission finds that the proposed transaction is unlikely to substantially prevent or
                lessen competition in the market for the manufacturing and supply of ERW 219 mm diameter

steel pipes as there are alternative players in the market that compete with the merging parties
                who will be in a position to constrain the merged entity.

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