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Altium’s Project Brightside a $9.1b dream come true
Altium joins Australian deal folklore with a $9.1 billion Japanese slam dunk. Get ready for more.
Move over Toll Holdings, Lion Nathan, DuluxGroup and Blackmores – we have a new biggest ever Japanese takeover of an ASX-listed company.
It is Altium, a relatively unknown software company, that has been swept up in a killer $9.1 billion takeover aptly named Project Brightside.
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Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies. Connect with Anthony on Twitter. Email Anthony at a.macdonald@afr.com
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