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Henkel to buy Colgate-Palmolive's Australia, NZ laundry brands for 220 mln euros
FRANKFURT, May 12 (Reuters) - German consumer goods company Henkel has agreed to acquire Colgate-Palmolive's entire range of laundry detergents and pre-wash brands in Australia and New Zealand for 220 million euros ($245.43 million).
The brands generated sales of about 110 million euros in the fiscal year 2014, Henkel said in a statement on Tuesday.
The closing of the transaction is still subject to regulatory approvals and expected to take place in the third quarter of 2015.
($1 = 0.8964 euros) (Reporting by Kirsti Knolle; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
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