Confidential Restriction on Publication Claimed IN THE AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION TRIBUNAL ACT of 2017 Re: Proposed acquisition of Tatts Group Limited by Tabcorp Holdings Limited Tabcorp Holdings Limited (Applicant) Statement of: Flavio Menezes Address: 19 Lomandra Place, Chapel Hill, Queensland Occupation: Professor of Economics, University of Queensland Date: 9 March 2017 The document contains confidential information which is indicated as follows: [Confidential to Tabcorp] [...…] [HIGHLY Confidential to Tabcorp] [...…] [Confidential to Tatts] [...…] [HIGHLY Confidential to Tatts] [...…] Filed on behalf of Tabcorp Holdings Limited (Applicant) Prepared by Grant Marjoribanks Herbert Smith Freehills Tel (02) 9225 5517 Fax (02) 9322 4000 Email
[email protected] Ref 82602332 Address for service Level 34 161 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA Confidential Restriction on Publication Claimed Independent Expert Witness Report For the Australian Competition Tribunal, in relation to the application by Tabcorp Holdings Limited for authorisation of merger with Tatts Group Limited 09 March 2017 Prepared by Flavio Menezes Associate, Economic Insights 2 Confidential Restriction on Publication Claimed INTRODUCTION 1. I, Flavio Menezes of 19 Lomandra Place, Chapel Hill, Queensland, have been engaged by Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) to provide an independent expert report in relation to an application by Tabcorp Holdings Limited (Tabcorp) to the Australian Competition Tribunal for authorisation of a proposed merger with the Tatts Group Limited (Tatts). 2. Exhibited to me at the time of signing this report and marked “Exhibit FXM-1” is a bundle of documents. Also exhibited to me at the time of signing this report is another bundle of documents marked “Confidential Exhibit FXM-2”. Where in this report I refer to tabs in FXM- 1 or FXM-2, I am referring to the tabs of Exhibit FXM-1 and Confidential Exhibit FXM-2 respectively.