The most publicised merger at the time was the Walmart-Massmart merger (filed on 3 November 2010). This transaction became notorious for the interventionist conditions that were imposed following trade union and ministerial intervention and included: a moratorium on retrenchments (redundancies) for two years, reinstatement of 503 employees who were retrenched prior to the merger, honouring of labour agreements and the establishment of a R200 million fund to be created for the development of small businesses possibly affected by the transaction to be spent over a five year period.