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Salesforce–Qualified deal faces notification after waiver refusal in Australia

By Saloni Sinha ( January 23, 2026, 05:27 GMT | Insight) -- Customer relationship management-software provider Salesforce will be required to notify Australia’s competition regulator if it wishes to proceed with its proposed acquisition of US-based Qualified.com, after it was refused a notification waiver. In a statement to MLex on Friday, Salesforce said it acknowledges the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission determination that the company’s proposed acquisition of Qualified must be notified under the country's new merger control regime.Customer relationship management-software provider Salesforce will be required to notify Australia’s competition regulator if it wishes to proceed with its proposed acquisition of US-based Qualified.com, after it was refused a notification waiver....

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