However, the KFTC found that (i) despite no contractual provisions on RPM, the repeated visits, the attempted persuasions or the notice of a planned discontinuance of supply by Maeil Dairies that held the market dominant position, served as a threat that aroused concerns over disadvantages such as stopping supplying of the adequate amount of relevant products on the market if its demand was not fulfilled; (ii) the distributors’ dependency on the manufacturers grew in the then economic conditions, and the distribution channels were so substantially integrated in the formula milk powder market that the cooperation between the supplier and distributors could be readily secured without Maeil Dairies’ having to exercise direct coercion; and (iii) Maeil Dairies’ assertion that the selling price surveys were solely for use as the information for preparing sale policies was nothing but a unilateral allegation and thus incorrect.