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Draft regulation sheds light on threshold calculation under new Australian merger laws

By James Panichi and Saloni Sinha ( March 28, 2025, 07:53 GMT | Insight) -- The $125.8 million turnover-notification threshold that will trigger a review under Australia’s new merger laws can be calculated by adding up the turnover of the parties to the deal, as well as the turnover of “connected entities” and corporate bodies that may be involved. In implementing regulation released today, the Australian Treasury Department also clarified that when the acquisition is of an asset, the current turnover of the target of the acquisition would also need to be factored in — “to the extent that it is attributable to the asset.”The A$200 million ($125.8 million) turnover-notification threshold that will trigger a review under Australia’s new merger laws can be calculated by adding the turnover of the parties to the deal, as well as the turnover of “connected entities” and corporate bodies that may be involved....

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