AMP Likely To Exit Battle For AXA APH If ACCC Clears NAB Bid - Source
April 05 2010 - 11:11PM
Dow Jones News
AMP Ltd. (AMP.AU) will likely exit the battle to take over AXA
Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd. (AXA.AU) if National Australia Bank
Ltd's (NAB) A$13.29 billion rival bid is cleared by Australia's
competition regulator, a person familiar with the situation said
Tuesday.
AMP, a wealth manager and life insurer competing with AXA APH,
is reluctant to enter a bidding war with NAB, whose proposal has
the backing of the target's independent directors and majority
owner France's AXA SA (AXA).
"It is likely that AMP would withdraw from the race," the person
said.
After AMP's cash and shares offer was rejected by the target's
board in December in favor of the NAB offer, AMP has said it is
considering its position and awaiting a determination from the
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in relation to both
its bid and that of NAB.
The ACCC's ruling on both bids, due by April 22, has the
potential to put the ball back in AMP's court if the regulator
blocks the NAB proposal or imposes onerous conditions on the deal
that cause NAB to walk away.
-By Rebecca Thurlow, Dow Jones Newswires; 61-2-8272-4679;
rebecca.thurlow@dowjones.com
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