<div dir="ltr">I don't see how it could. The regulators don't really have any basis to stop it as AAPT isn't a market force.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>...Skeeve</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Shaun McGuane <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shaun@rackcentral.com.au" target="_blank">shaun@rackcentral.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I agree Nathan…. I hope it falls through<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Shaun<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 9 December 2013 9:42 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] TPG buys AAPT for $450m<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I heard this a month ago and was praying it wasn't so.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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On 9 Dec 2013, at 8:23, "Taylor, Matthew" <<a href="mailto:matthew.taylor@pacnet.com" target="_blank">matthew.taylor@pacnet.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So The Age is reporting this morning that the sale of AAPT to TPG is a goer…<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/business/tpg-to-acquire-aapt-from-telecom-nz-20131209-2yzuk.html" target="_blank">http://www.theage.com.au/business/tpg-to-acquire-aapt-from-telecom-nz-20131209-2yzuk.html</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interesting times ahead<u></u><u></u></p>
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