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FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter Concerning K+S Aktiengesellschaft and International Salt Company, LLC

Agency: Federal Trade Commission Date: 13 November 2009 [Non-automotive content removed.]

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning the acquisition of Morton International, Inc. by K+S Aktiengesellschaft, the parent company of International Salt Company LLC. The FTC’s complaint charged that, absent relief, the proposed acquisition would have been anticompetitive. The consent order settling the charges was announced on September 25, 2009.

The Commission vote approving the final order was 4-0. (FTC File No. 091-0086; the staff contact is Jill Frumin, Bureau of Competition, 202-326-2758; see press release dated September 25, 2009, at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/09/mortonsalt.shtm.)

Copies of the documents mentioned in this release are available from the FTC’s Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and from the FTC’s Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. Call toll-free: 1-877-FTC-HELP.

(FYI 50.2009.wpd)

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