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The ACCC accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC) and its subsidiary BluJay Solutions (Australia) Pty Ltd on 30 December 2025 to divest Expedient, a logistics software business, following an ACCC investigation.

WiseTech acquired Expedient as part of its acquisition of e2open Parent Holdings, Inc. which completed in August 2025.

“While WiseTech informed the ACCC about the acquisition, Wisetech completed the acquisition before the ACCC conducted its review and could reach a decision, despite being aware of the significant concerns being raised,” ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said.

Following completion of the acquisition, the ACCC commenced an enforcement investigation to assess whether it would have the effect or likely effect of substantially lessening competition, in breach of the merger law.

The undertaking addresses the competition concerns identified by the ACCC in its investigation, by restoring Expedient as an independent competitor to WiseTech. The undertaking is court enforceable and imposes strict requirements on WiseTech regarding the divestiture of Expedient.

Expedient will be sold to a purchaser approved by the ACCC on the basis that the purchaser will be able to operate the Expedient business as a viable competitor to WiseTech in the supply of logistics software in Australia.

WiseTech is Australia’s largest supplier of cloud-based enterprise application software to the global logistics industry with its core software offering, CargoWise.

BluJay was part of the e2open group, and acquired Expedient in March 2020.

Expedient supplies logistics software services, and was a competitor to WiseTech’s CargoWise in Australia and New Zealand prior to the acquisition.

“The ACCC considers that WiseTech already has substantial market power in the supply of logistics software, and the acquisition has the effect of removing the competition between CargoWise and Expedient and significantly reduced the choice available to Australian customers,” Ms Cass-Gottlieb said.

“The ACCC received significant concerns from users of logistics software during the investigation, and was concerned that the acquisition could lead to higher prices or lower quality services.”

“Prior to the new merger regime coming into effect on 1 January 2026, there was no requirement for a merger party to obtain ACCC clearance before proceeding to complete an acquisition. This was one of the key concerns with the previous informal regime,” Ms Cass-Gottlieb said.

“However, under the new merger regime which commenced on 1 January 2026, merger parties are required to notify the ACCC of any acquisition that meets the thresholds and must not complete the acquisition until it has been approved by the ACCC or the Australian Competition Tribunal.”

In circumstances where an acquisition is not required to be notified but raises competition concerns, the ACCC may still investigate whether the acquisition is likely to substantially lessen competition in breach of section 50 of the Competition and Consumer Act.

“We retain the ability to investigate acquisitions below the notification thresholds under the substantial lessening of competition test,” Ms Cass-Gottlieb said.

“We can also investigate where an acquisition that is required to be notified has been completed without obtaining ACCC or Tribunal clearance, as this would be in breach of the new merger laws and expose the acquisition to being automatically void.”

“The ACCC encourages merger parties to engage with the ACCC in relation to all acquisitions which raise potential competition concerns to manage this risk,” Ms Cass-Gottlieb said.

Further information, including the undertakings accepted by the ACCC, will be published on the ACCC’s undertakings register in due course.

Background

WiseTech is a publicly listed Australian technology company whose group of companies makes available cloud-based enterprise application software to the global logistics industry, including its core software offering CargoWise.

e2open is a technology company providing connected supply chain software platforms, headquartered in Addison, Texas.

Expedient is a subsidiary of BluJay, and supplies logistics software services principally in relation to Australia and New Zealand. e2open acquired BluJay in May 2021.

The Acquisition

On 26 May 2025, WiseTech entered into a binding agreement and plan of merger to acquire e2open. Completion of the acquisition occurred on 4 August 2025. As a result of the acquisition, Expedient became an indirect subsidiary of WiseTech.

The Investigation

The ACCC was concerned that WiseTech, which is the largest supplier of logistics software, acquiring Expedient, combined two significant suppliers of logistics software in Australia with specific customs clearance capability.

The ACCC considers that WiseTech already has substantial market power, and that the Acquisition removed the constraint CargoWise and Expedient provided on each other and significantly reduced the choice available to Australian customers. The ACCC was concerned that, in the absence of the undertaking to divest Expedient, WiseTech could increase prices and or reduce the service quality of its logistics software services.

Logistics software is used by freight forwarders, customs brokers and beneficial cargo owners to assist in the export and import of goods in Australia, and therefore, has a wide impact on Australian businesses and consumers. 

The Undertaking

The Undertaking requires BluJay to divest Expedient to an ACCC approved purchaser (and WiseTech to procure that it does so) and includes supporting arrangements to monitor compliance. It is a court enforceable undertaking given under section 87B of the Competition and Consumer Act. By accepting the section 87B undertaking, the ACCC considers its enforcement investigation is resolved, as the undertaking will ensure that Expedient is sold, resulting in the creation or strengthening of a viable, effective, independent and long-term competitor to WiseTech.

As Pimicikamak Cree Nation struggles to fix damage to homes caused by a four-day power outage, thousands are in the dark about when they can return to their community.

The northern Manitoba First Nation was evacuated last week after a power line servicing the community — located about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg — snapped, leaving residents without heat in extreme cold temperatures that dropped  below the –20 C mark.

Manitoba Hydro repaired the downed power line and fully restored electricity as of Friday. But during the power outage homes were rendered unsafe to live in due to damage to water and electrical systems.

The damages paired with shortage of essential supplies, including fuel, have forced the First Nation to indefinitely extend the evacuation of residents, Chief David Monias said in a statement on Sunday. 

“We are asking people to stay out at their hotels until we can safely return you home,” he said on social media. “If you do go back then it will be at your own risk.”

Pimicikamak is trying to fix infrastructure and assess homes to determine if repairs are needed, but only about 200 of the over 1,300 residences in the community have been checked, said band Coun. Shirley Robinson.

“It’s overwhelming right now,” she told CBC News on Sunday. “We haven’t had any help arrive yet in our nation.” 

More residents evacuated Sunday

Besides infrastructure issues, health concerns, including a lack of potable water, forced out at least 150 more residents from the First Nation by noon on Sunday. The community’s water treatment plant was also damaged during the power outage.

Robinson said around 100 others expected to be evacuated by the end of the weekend. 

“This is not going to stop,” Robinson said. “Things [are] being currently looked at in ensuring the infants are out, the elders are out, the vulnerable are out.”

At a hotel in Winnipeg, Robinson said evacuees are eager to know when they can go back home, but that date isn’t fixed in the foreseeable future yet. 

“I wish I could have that answer because when I’m listening to the elders here crying asking when they can go home,” she said. “We’re trying to get them there.”

Kelson Monias, an evacuated father of two, has been in his Winnipeg hotel room watching videos of water pouring from burst pipes and flooding homes in Pimicikamak. He said other residences burned in the community after residents lit wood stoves during the outage. 

“It’s sad. I just feel for the people that lost their homes,” he said.

Monias left his home last week after his generator couldn’t keep him warm enough during the outage.

While he is grateful to have a place where to sleep at night, Monias said the evacuation has taken a toll, especially on his children who have been evacuated from their community twice since the summer. 

“The situation right now is hard. The kids aren’t eating what the staff are cooking,” he said. 

“I only brought like three pairs of clothes for myself, it’s pretty rough right now … we really didn’t know that was going to happen.” 

Robinson told CBC News many evacuees left home just like Monias’ family —  with only a few belongings tucked in a suitcase. Pimicikamak is trying to fill that void supplying clothing and hygiene products.  

“We’re also looking at getting programs in place for our people to ensure that we look after their mental health at the same time,” she said. “All our people the way they deserve to be looked after.”