Staples And Office Depot Merger

The ftc issued an administrative complaint and authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to enjoin the transaction pending the results of the administrative proceeding charging that staples inc s proposed 6 3 billion acquisition of office depot inc.

Staples and office depot merger. For the second time in 19 years the two national chains argued that the best hope to salvage the big box. Published wed may 11 2016 4 31 pm edt updated wed may 11 2016 4 31 pm edt. Staples and office depot call off plans to merge after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction requested by the ftc which moved to stop their merger plans in december.

Would significantly reduce competition nationwide in the market for consumable office supplies sold to large business. Find great deals on all your staple needs at office depot officemax. It was a grand case of i told you so more than two years after federal regulators succeeded in blocking the merger of staples and office depot their management teams unheeded warnings of a retail retrenchment in the office supply specialty store channel have come to pass.

Utilize our custom online printing and it services for small. Under the terms of the deal staples will pay office depot a 250 million breakup fee. Demonstrative presentation used with the direct testimony of professor carl shapiro redacted public version 6 26 mb march 23 2016.

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Plaintiff federal trade commission s briefing regarding wilson declaration redacted public version 545 85 kb. Staples and office depot ended their merger plans after a federal judge blocked their deal because of antitrust concerns prompting shares of both companies to fall wednesday. In statements on tuesday both staples and office depot said that they planned to move on from the failed merger.

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