TP02/068

Panel Receives Application in Relation to S.A. Liquor Distributors Limited

The Panel advises that it has today received an application from S.A. Liquor Distributors Limited (SALD) in relation to a takeover bid for that company by Australian Liquor Marketers Pty Ltd (ALM). The application seeks a declaration of unacceptable circumstances and interim and final orders in relation to alleged deficiencies in ALM's bidder's statement and an alleged contravention of the equality of opportunity principle.