ASSA ABLOY announced that it received clearance from the Mexican competition authority to acquire Spectrum Brands’ Hardware and Home Improvement division. Following the clearance from the Mexican competition authority, the HHI acquisition remains subject to customary closing conditions. In September 2021, ASSA ABLOY announced it had signed an agreement to acquire the HHI division of […]

A bench trial between the United States and Assa Abloy came to a screeching halt Friday, after the two parties reached a deal to settle the case. The agreement marked a stark change in strategy, after seven months of deliberation in which the U.S. staunchly objected to Assa Abloy’s plan to acquire the HHI division […]

ASSA ABLOY has formally responded to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) civil antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the company’s proposed $4.3 billion acquisition of the Hardware and Home Improvement (HHI) division of Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. The DOJ complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that the merger […]

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block ASSA ABLOY’s proposed $4.3 billion acquisition of the Hardware and Home Improvement division of Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. According to a Department of Justice news release, ASSA ABLOY and Spectrum are two of the three largest producers of residential door hardware in […]