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Philip Morris-Swedish Match US antitrust waiting period expired on July 6

By Austin Peay and Michael Acton
  • 07 Jul 2022 20:40
  • 07 Jul 2022 20:40
Tobacco giant Philip Morris International and Swedish Match saw the US antitrust waiting period for their proposed $16 billion deal expire on July 6.
“We can confirm that no further requests have been made and that the waiting period for the transaction under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of

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Michael Acton

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Michael is a senior correspondent for MLex in San Francisco, where he moved in 2020 after working in our Brussels bureau. Before joining MLex, he reported on EU politics as the Financial Times’ Nico Colchester Fellow in Brussels. Michael has a degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, and a degree in History and French from University College London and Paris IV Sorbonne.

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