2/18/2011

CADE may appoint an intervenor at Saint Gobain plant

In July 2008 CADE rejected the acquisition by Owens Corning of Compagnie de Saint Gobain's fiberglass division in Brazil. The acquisition was part of a multinational deal, and marked one of the few opportunities in which CADE has blocked a transaction completely. At the time, the Brazilian competition agency provided Owens Corning with a deadline until February 1st 2011 to either divest a Saint Gobain's plant in State of São Paulo or submit a strategic plan for the sale to be completed (as the use of an independent investor to intermediate the divestiture).

According to a statement by CADE's President Fernando Furlan earlier this week, the deadline expired without any alternative solution being suggested by Owens Corning, which could cause CADE to begin an intervention at the former Saint Gobain's plant until the manufacturing unit is sold to an independent third-party. This would be the first time in CADE's history that it would make use of the powers granted by article 63 of the local antitrust law ("the execution of CADE's decisions shall be carried out by all means, including by way of intervention in the company, if necessary").

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