date:Sep 29, 2013
stake in Mercator in a deal signed with a group of shareholders including beverage company Pivovarna Lako and the state-owned NLB bank in mid-June.
Before the deal can be finalised Agrokor needs regulatory approval for each of the markets where the two companies are present. Another condition is successful restructuring of Mercator's EUR 1bn debt.
Agrokor is not expected to have major problems securing the regulatory go-ahead in Slovenia, but the Slovenian Competition Protection Agency has no