e-ISSN: 2723-6692 🕮 p-ISSN: 2723-6595
Journal of Indonesian Social Science, Vol. 4, No. 04, April 2023 350
in carrying out business activities that refer to efficiency and productivity, one of which is by
means of a merger or amalgamation of two or more business entities. Companies that carry
out mergers, consolidations or acquisitions of shares actually have similar backgrounds and
objectives, namely to increase efficiency, expand markets, and so on.
Acquisition of shares (acquisition), merger (merger), and consolidation
(consolidation) carried out by business actors are also included in the objects supervised by
KPPU. Business takeover transactions such as acquisitions, mergers and consolidations are
common actions carried out in the business world by companies. These business transactions
generally have the goal of developing a company's business to become even bigger. In
carrying out this there are legal rules that must be obeyed by the company. The legal rules
used for business transactions play an important role in regulating business actors so that
they do not deviate from what companies should do, for example, there is a tendency for
monopolistic practices in the business world (Suhasril & Makarao, 2010).
One way that business actors do to expand their business is by taking over shares.
Business actors are prohibited from taking over shares of other companies if such action can
result in monopolistic practices and or unfair business competition. There are legal rules that
apply regarding the acquisition of shares that must be obeyed by business actors who do this,
namely as written in Article 29 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 5 of 1999 concerning
Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Business Competition, namely "Merger or
consolidation of business entities, or acquisition of shares as referred to in Article 28 which
results in the value of assets and/or sales value exceeding a certain amount, must be notified
to the Commission, no later than 30 (thirty) days from the date of the merger, consolidation
or acquisition.”
Other rules are also written in Article 5 Paragraph (1) of Government Regulation
Number 57 of 2010 concerning Mergers or Consolidation of Business Entities and Acquisition
of Company Shares That May Result in Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Business
Competition which reads “Merger of Business Entities, Consolidation of Business Entities, or
Acquisition of shares of other companies which results in the value of assets and/or sales
value exceeding a certain amount must be notified in writing to the Commission no later than
30 working days from the legally effective date of Merger of Business Entities, Consolidation
of Business Entities, or Acquisition of company shares.” Arrangements regarding the
acquisition of shares, in which business actors are required to report it to the Business
Competition Supervisory Commission (known as KPPU) by giving a notification. Notification
is “a written notification through a form that must be made by business actors to the
Commission regarding the Merger, Consolidation, or Acquisition of company shares and/or
assets after the Merger, Consolidation, or Acquisition of shares and/or company assets is
legally effective.” This is clearly regulated in the applicable laws and regulations related to
antitrust and business competition laws in Indonesia.
The fact is that there are still several cases where business actors who take over
shares are late in giving notification of the takeover of shares to KPPU. So that the business
actors were given sanctions by the KPPU for the delay in notifying the acquisition of shares.
For example, it has been hotly discussed in recent years about large companies of the unicorn
class, such as PT Application Karya Anak Bangsa, known as GOJEK, in the KPPU Case Decision
Number 30/KPPU-M/2020, GOJEK received sanctions for delays in notifying the takeover of
shares. Several other KPPU Decisions related to delays in share acquisition notifications also
often affect large companies, which in the end have to receive administrative sanctions for
delays in share acquisition notifications which should have been avoided before carrying out
a merger, consolidation or share acquisition.