Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory
Engagements 2011
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 3.06.11 Advised Copper Strike on the sale of its Walford Creek exploration project to Aston Copper.
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31.01.11 Advised Copper Strike on sourcing an investor and placing 20% of its shares (including a project funding and off-take agreement) to a Chinese strategic investor.
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7.06.11 Advising this listed company on the potential sale of its portfolio of private hospitals.
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17.03.11 Advised on the sale of ECS, a leading provider of energy and water management solutions, to Schneider Electric.
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| Advising 3D Oil on sourcing a strategic investor to enable the development of its oil and gas propects.
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Engagements 2010
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Sale
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Acquisition
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Sale
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| 18.08.10 Advising this listed payments services company on the offer by Archer Capital for all of Keycorp’s shares.
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Advising Murray Goulburn Co-Operative on the sale of a Feedstock business.
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29.07.10 Advised hedge fund Merricks Capital on the acquisition of a significant equity stake and the management rights for listed investment company Fat Prophets Australia.
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15.04.10 Advising national supermarket group FoodWorks on the sale of 22 individual supermarkets.
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Sale |
Private Sale |
| Provided advice to Lakes Oil in relation to its deal to sell a 50% interest in its onshore gas lease (PRL2) in the Gippsland Basin to Beach Energy.
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Advised on the sale of a 50% stake in Austab Labels, a leading provider of printing stationery, labels and ribbons.
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Advised on the sale of Stomp Entertainment, a leading importer and distributor of music and music-related merchandise, to a trade buyer.
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Engagements 2009
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Acquisition
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| Advising National Foods on the sale of a dairy division.
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Advised Australian Style Group on its interests in BrisConnections and Multiplex Prime Property Trust. |
Advising this listed corporate services company on valuation issues in respect of an acquisition in one of its core business streams. |
29.06.09 Advising national supermarket group FoodWorks on a $35m acquisition of 45 supermarkets and 8 associated liquor stores from Coles Group, and associated debt arrangements. |
Engagements 2008
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Merger |
Advisory |
Strategic Advice |
| Advised the owners on the sale of a caviar, atlantic salmon and trout fish farm and processing/smoking operation.
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29.07.08 Advised listed oil and gas company on its proposed merger with Cape Energy SA, which owns the Golden Beach offshore gas development project.
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Advised listed gold mining company St Barbara Limited on its recent equity raising, and company valuation.
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23.04.08 Advised this listed apparel company on the sale of a $6m Convertible Note.
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Acquisition
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| Advised National Foods on the acquisition of Hillwood Cheese. |
06.10.08 Advised National Foods on an acquisition of a leading beverage brand. |
Engagements 2007
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Acquisition |
Corporate Restructure
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Trade Sale
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| 09.11.07 Advised Clean TeQ on a capital raising and listing on the ASX.
Clean TeQ is an emerging technology company in resource recovery and air and water purification.
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06.10.07 Advised the SLM Growth Fund on the acquisition of 70% of Brewers, a profitable and long established branded bathrooms fixtures and fittings distributor based in Melbourne.
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21.06.07 Advised FoodWorks on the restructure of its business and a capital raising of more than $10 million from its Members via the issue of a Prospectus.
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17.07.07 Completed a trade sale of MessageNet, the leading national corporate SMS messaging company to Photon Group Ltd (ASX: PGA).
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Debt Raising |
Capital Raising |
Capital Raising
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| 25.07.07 Advised Robert Magid on the acquisition of the Australian Jewish News. |
04.06.07 Advised St Barbara Limited on it’s A$100 million Convertible Note issue and a A$50 million bank debt facility. |
Advised Clear Light Digital on the raising of capital from a large publicly listed media company for the growth of its online and digital media services business. |
Advised privately owned telecoms service provider on the raising of equity via a rights issue and placement. |
Engagements 2006
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Trade Sale |
Private Sale |
Placement |
| 01.05.06 Completed a trade sale of Classic Foods, a regional food manufacturing & packaging business, to Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Co Limited.
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31.01.06 Completed a $14m trade sale of Flextool, a national construction equipment manufacturing company, to Alesco Corporation(ASX: ALS). |
Completed the sale of NQR, a Victorian grocery clearance retail group to a private equity consortium led by Hastings Funds Management. |
02.06.06 Assisted in arranging a placement for ASX listed oil and gas company Lakes Oil N.L. |
Engagements 2004/2005
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| Trade Sale |
Private Sale |
Equity Raising |
Trade Sale |
| 16.09.05 Completed a $18m trade sale of Ezipin, a pre-paid mobile recharge company to Bill Express (ASX: BXP). SLM coordinated a dual track sale/IPO process as part of the transaction.
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Completed the sale of a fast growing, industry leading construction equipment hire group to a private equity syndicate based in Sydney.
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Completed a $3.4m equity raising for Ezipin, a pre-paid mobile recharge Company, to fund an international rollout and secure a purchaser for a 42% shareholding.
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Completed the sale of a profitable and strongly growing business providing portable toilets for hire to the building sector in NSW and Queensland.
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Debt Raising |
| 16.03.05 Completed the sale of a leading kitchen design and manufacturing business, based in Melbourne, to a private investor. |
Completed a $2.0m Convertible Note raising for Ezipin, a pre-paid mobile recharge company, to fund working capital. |
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