Sky Network Television And Vodafone New Zealand Drop Merger Plan
June 25 2017 - 5:47PM
Dow Jones News
By Ben Collins
Sky Network Television Ltd. (SKT.NZ) said Monday that a proposed
merger with the local operations of Vodafone Group PLC
(VOD.LN)would be abandoned.
It also said an appeal in the New Zealand High Court against a
regulator's decision to block the merger on the grounds it would
substantially lessen competition would be withdrawn. The 3.44
billion New Zealand dollar (US$2.5 billion) deal would have created
the country's largest telecommunications and media group.
"Sky and Vodafone New Zealand will continue to work together to
strengthen our commercial relationship for the benefit of the
customers and the shareholders of our respective organizations,"
the companies said in a joint statement.
The pay-TV operator and telecommunications group did not give a
reason for the decision.
Write to Ben Collins at ben.collins@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 25, 2017 18:32 ET (22:32 GMT)
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