The Sy-led SM Group has dropped its plan to acquire pastry firm Goldilocks Bakeshop, Inc., saying both parties had “jointly agreed not to pursue the transaction given changes in the general business environment.”

The withdrawal was announced on television by Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) Chairman Arsenio Balisacan, whose agency approved the deal earlier this year.

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