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Infratil seeks clearance to acquire up to 50% Vodafone Stake
The Commerce Commission has received a clearance
application from Infratil Limited seeking clearance to
acquire up a to 50% interest in Vodafone New Zealand
Limited. Brookfield Asset Management Inc will acquire the
other 50% share of Vodafone.
Vodafone is a telecommunications company which offers fixed, mobile and content/TV services. Vodafone is owned by Vodafone BV, which is a Netherlands-incorporated company.
Infratil is an NZX listed infrastructure investment company. It mainly invests in energy, transport and infrastructure businesses in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. It owns approximately 51% of the shares of Trustpower Limited (Trustpower). Trustpower is a power company that also sells telecommunication services.
Brookfield Asset Management is a global infrastructure investment company.
In New Zealand, Infratil (through Trustpower) and Vodafone overlap in the supply of telecommunication services to residential and business customers.
A public version of the clearance
application will be available on the Commission’s case register
shortly.
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