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Fairfax and NZME to appeal commerce commission decision

Published 26/05/2017, 07:18 am
Fairfax and NZME to appeal commerce commission decision

WELLINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - Fairfax FXJ.NZ New Zealand and NZME NZM.NZ said on Friday they would appeal New Zealand's competition regulator's decision to bar their merger in the country's High Court.

The companies said in a stock exchange statement that they believed the New Zealand Commerce Commission "was wrong in fact and wrong in law to decline clearance or authorisation".

The New Zealand Commerce Commission in early May declined NZME's takeover of Fairfax's New Zealand unit, saying the deal would not benefit the public. the proposed deal, NZME, owned by Australian media company APN News & Media APN.AX , would have paid NZ$55 million ($38.61 million)for Fairfax's New Zealand operations. It would also have issued new shares to allow Fairfax to hold a 41 percent share in the new listed entity.

($1 = 1.4245 New Zealand dollars)

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