Eurocash with conditional approval for Kolporter takeover

Poland’s Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has granted conditional approval for the country’s largest FMCG distributor Eurocash to take over wholesale distribution centers from Kolporter. Eurocash may take over 11 tobacco product wholesale centers under the condition that it withdraws from acquiring one of the Kolporter centers, in Sosnowiec, the UOKiK said on its website. In December 2013, Eurocash announced the takeover of the wholesale distribution business of Kolporter, in exchange for 25 percent plus one share in its wholesale division KDWT.