The European anti-competition authorities have approved the acquisition of Hendrix by the ForFarmers Group as announced on 16 November 2011.
The ForFarmers takeover of Hendrix UTD, the feed businesses of Nutreco in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, will create the largest feed firm in Europe.
The relevant works councils already gave a positive advice in an earlier stage. The closing of the transaction is envisaged to take place at 30 March 2012.
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