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Takeover target Pact cuts 175 jobs, pursues asset sales

Simon Evans
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Key Points

  • Why it matters: Pact Group is a large packaging group which operates from 130 locations in 15 countries.
  • Rich Lister Raphael Geminder wants the other 50 per cent he doesn’t own, but has gained little traction. 
  • Fund manager IML, which holds 6 per cent, says the offer is way too cheap. 

Takeover target Pact Group has axed 175 jobs, put a Victorian business up for sale and is weighing up whether to proceed with a renewed attempt at selling its entire contract manufacturing business valued at close to $130 million.

The company’s second-largest shareholder, IML, continues to be scathing about the price of a buyout offer pitched by its major backer, Rich Lister Raphael Geminder, whose Kin Group in mid-September launched a 68¢-a-share bid at a time when the stock was trading at 67.5¢.

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Simon Evans writes on business specialising in retail, manufacturing, beverages, mining and M&A. He is based in Adelaide. Connect with Simon on Twitter. Email Simon at simon.evans@afr.com

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