Large agricultural holding to expand chicken processing: Antimonopoly Committee approves deal
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has allowed the agricultural holding MHP to gain control over Agrol Plus LLC, which owns poultry slaughtering and processing facilities in Lviv Oblast. The regulator approved the concentration after several months of reviewing its possible impact on the chicken meat market.
The AMCU made the decision on August 27.
According to the regulator's statement, PrJSC "MHP" was granted permission for a concentration in the form of acquiring control over Agrol Plus LLC.
This is not the purchase of the entire "Agrol" company. As MHP previously explained, the subject of the deal is the poultry slaughter and processing workshop along with associated assets. Poultry rearing facilities and poultry houses are not part of the deal.
The processing complex is located in the village of Pidhaichyky, Lviv Oblast. The main activity of "Agrol Plus" is the production of poultry meat.
According to Forbes Ukraine, the approximate value of the asset is at least $5 million.
AMCU saw risks to competition
The deal was under consideration since January 2026. At that time, the State Commissioner of the AMCU opened a concentration case over MHP's planned acquisition of control over "Agrol Plus".
In its analysis, the Committee identified the relevant market as the primary sale of chilled and frozen chicken meat.
The AMCU concluded that the deal could potentially strengthen MHP's position and lead to a significant restriction of competition in both the chicken meat market and the related market for the purchase of live poultry.
In particular, the regulator drew attention to the risk that the concentration participants' ability to influence prices would increase after combining the assets.
MHP offered commitments
During the consideration of the case, MHP offered the Antimonopoly Committee a set of commitments aimed at reducing competition risks.
Among them — not to set different terms for equivalent agreements with product buyers, not to limit customers' ability to independently set resale prices, and not to create conditions for selling products that would be impossible if there were significant competition.
Separately, the company proposed to prevent unjustified refusal to purchase live poultry from "Agrol" and other producers independent of MHP for further processing at the enterprise in Pidhaichyky.
It is this production facility that will come under MHP's control after the deal is completed.
What MHP will get
MHP is the largest producer of chicken meat in Ukraine and has a vertically integrated business model — from growing grains and producing compound feed to raising poultry, processing, logistics, and selling finished products.
The acquisition of the processing facility in Lviv region will allow the group to expand its own slaughtering and processing capacities in western Ukraine, while "Agrol's" production assets directly related to poultry rearing will remain outside the deal.
The AMCU's permission removes the key regulatory obstacle to completing the concentration.
Based on: Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, AMCU, Forbes Ukraine
