跟进：PlayPower放弃收购竞争对手Burke 联邦贸易委员会称执法行动奏效
美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）竞争局局长 Daniel Guarnera 10月27日发表声明，私募股权公司 Platinum Equity 及其旗下公司 PlayPower 已放弃收购竞争对手 BCI Burke；此前一周，FTC 联合12个州的总检察长起诉要求阻止这笔合并。（GSM 据联邦贸易委员会声明报道）
Guarnera 在声明中表示，PlayPower 在 FTC 的执法行动面前决定放弃收购，是美国消费者的胜利，有助于压低学校、教会、托儿所和公园管理部门购买游乐设备的价格；州和市政府每年在游乐设备上花费数亿美元，纳税人是持续竞争的最大受益者之一。据 FTC 介绍，美国商用户外游乐设备市场前五大厂商控制着85%至90%的份额，这笔合并若完成，主要竞争者将由五家减为四家，PlayPower 的市场份额将超过30%。
PlayPower 与 Burke 已于10月26日共同宣布双方同意终止合并协议，两家公司将继续独立运营。本站10月19日曾报道，加州总检察长与 FTC 联手起诉阻止两大户外游乐设备商合并，指合并将推高价格、削弱创新与质量。
Follow-Up: PlayPower Abandons Acquisition of Rival Burke After FTC Lawsuit, Agency Says
Daniel Guarnera, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, issued a statement on October 27 after Platinum Equity and its portfolio company PlayPower abandoned the proposed acquisition of rival playground manufacturer BCI Burke, one week after the FTC and a dozen states sued to block the merger. (GSM, based on an FTC statement)
"PlayPower's decision to abandon its proposed acquisition of Burke in the face of the FTC's enforcement action is a win for American consumers and will help drive down the prices that schools, churches, daycares and parks departments pay for playgrounds," Guarnera said, noting that state and municipal governments spend hundreds of millions of dollars on playground equipment every year. According to the FTC, the top five manufacturers control 85% to 90% of the market for commercial outdoor playground equipment; the merger would have cut the number of major competitors from five to four and given PlayPower more than 30% of the market.
PlayPower and Burke announced on October 26 that they had mutually terminated the merger agreement and will continue to operate independently. GSM reported on October 19 that the California Attorney General and the FTC had sued to block the combination of the two major outdoor playground equipment makers, alleging it would raise prices and reduce innovation and quality.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：公园里的商用户外游乐设施（资料图）。照片：CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: Commercial outdoor playground equipment in a park (file photo). CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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