Karan Beef Holdings (Pty) Ltd And Karan Beef (Pty) Ltd and The Karan Beef Feedlot

Case number: LM214Nov18
Case parties: Primary Acquiring Firm: Karan Beef Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Primary Target Firm: Karan Beef (Pty) Ltd
Case type: Large Merger
Type of merger: Horizontal
Case status: Reasons Issued
Outcome: Approved Subject to Conditions
Order date: 2019-01-16
Sector: Agriculture forestry and fishing
Industry: Animal production
Relevant market: The upstream market for cattle/beef feedlotting in South Africa
Remedy: 12A(3)(c) ability of small businesses to become competitive
Competition Tribunal Members: Norman Manoim, Enver Daniels, Andiswa Ndoni