fyi.mergers.matter

mergers.fyi

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  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "description": "One merger matter on the ACCC's public acquisitions register: an acquisition notified under Australia's mandatory merger regime, or an application for a notification waiver. The record key is the ACCC's own matter identifier (e.g. MN-01016), so a matter is addressable at at://<did>/fyi.mergers.matter/MN-01016 without a lookup. Published by mergers.fyi, which mirrors the register; the ACCC is the source and does not itself publish to the ATmosphere.",
      "key": "any",
      "record": {
        "properties": {
          "acquirers": {
            "items": {
              "ref": "fyi.mergers.defs#party",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 100,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "appeals": {
            "items": {
              "ref": "fyi.mergers.defs#appeal",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 16,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "consultationClosesOn": {
            "description": "Closing date for submissions to the ACCC's consultation, as YYYY-MM-DD.",
            "maxLength": 10,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "determinationDueBy": {
            "description": "End of the statutory determination period as YYYY-MM-DD, while one is running.",
            "maxLength": 10,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "determinations": {
            "description": "Determinations made on the matter, oldest first. Empty while the matter is open.",
            "items": {
              "ref": "fyi.mergers.defs#determination",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 8,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "events": {
            "description": "The matter's timeline, oldest first.",
            "items": {
              "ref": "fyi.mergers.defs#event",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 200,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "indexedAt": {
            "description": "When mergers.fyi last wrote this record. Only moves when something in the matter changed, so it is a real last-changed signal rather than a publishing heartbeat.",
            "format": "datetime",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "industries": {
            "items": {
              "ref": "fyi.mergers.defs#industry",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "matterId": {
            "description": "ACCC public register matter identifier, e.g. \"MN-01016\". Always equal to this record's key.",
            "maxLength": 64,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "matterType": {
            "description": "Whether the matter is a notified acquisition or an application for a notification waiver.",
            "knownValues": [
              "notification",
              "waiver"
            ],
            "maxLength": 32,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "notifiedOn": {
            "description": "Effective notification date as YYYY-MM-DD: the date the statutory clock runs from, which is not the original notification date where a matter was refiled or the clock was reset.",
            "maxLength": 10,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "originallyNotifiedOn": {
            "description": "Date the matter was first notified, as YYYY-MM-DD. Differs from notifiedOn only where the clock was reset.",
            "maxLength": 10,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "otherParties": {
            "items": {
              "ref": "fyi.mergers.defs#party",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 100,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "phase": {
            "description": "Stage the matter has reached. A matter referred to phase 2 keeps its phase 1 determination in determinations, and one that moves on to the public benefit phase keeps its phase 2 determination.",
            "knownValues": [
              "Waiver application",
              "Phase 1 - initial assessment",
              "Phase 2 - detailed assessment",
              "Public benefit phase"
            ],
            "maxLength": 64,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "registerUrl": {
            "description": "The matter's own page on the ACCC public register - the source of everything in this record.",
            "format": "uri",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "status": {
            "knownValues": [
              "Under assessment",
              "Assessment suspended",
              "Assessment completed",
              "Assessment ceased"
            ],
            "maxLength": 64,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "summary": {
            "description": "The ACCC's description of the proposed acquisition, as published. The cap is well clear of the longest on the register; anything past it is truncated rather than dropped.",
            "maxGraphemes": 6000,
            "maxLength": 60000,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "targets": {
            "items": {
              "ref": "fyi.mergers.defs#party",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 100,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "title": {
            "description": "Matter name as the register gives it, usually \"Acquirer - Target\".",
            "maxGraphemes": 500,
            "maxLength": 5000,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "description": "Canonical page for the matter on mergers.fyi.",
            "format": "uri",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "matterId",
          "title",
          "matterType",
          "status",
          "url",
          "indexedAt"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "type": "record"
    }
  },
  "id": "fyi.mergers.matter",
  "lexicon": 1
}

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DID
did:plc:fzkv7f4mc5kvn34fdjgb6qg7
CID
bafyreihdekwt4ltz5sfxhzgmhnlhngfmpk6e6onanb3t3ytj4lu3sgl5c4
Indexed At
2026-09-23 01:11 UTC
AT-URI
at://did:plc:fzkv7f4mc5kvn34fdjgb6qg7/com.atproto.lexicon.schema/fyi.mergers.matter

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