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Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Limited

ASX Announcements

2025 Financial Calendar

Notification of Results/Reporting Date, Notice of Meeting - Other, Dividend Record Date, Dividend Pay Date, Dividend - Other

Change in substantial holding for MVF

Change in substantial holding

Notification of cessation of securities - SOL

Appendix 3H (Notification of cessation of securities)

Change in substantial holding for BTI

Change in substantial holding

Change in substantial holding for LAU

Change in substantial holding

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September 2024

Evolt 360 co-founders Ed Zouroudis and Kelly Weideman in New York where the company is rolling out its body scanning devices to clinics.

ASX hopeful Evolt 360 reveals plans to cash in on Ozempic boom

The founders of body scanning company are hoping to list on the stock market before Christmas, backed by investors including Regal, Soul Patts and Perennial.

June 2024

Jaki Virtue was drafted in as Soul Patts’ first chief operating officer across its 120-year-plus history in 2023.

Versatile risk-taker who shines when the going gets tough

Washington H Soul Pattinson’s Jaki Virtue swears by the power of ‘unknown sponsorships’, as she takes out the Financial Services - Non-banking category.

May 2024

Soul Patts’ board, a near 15 per cent shareholder in Perpetual, is largely in favour of the deal to sell assets to KKR.

Perpetual backer Soul Patts says board got a good price out of KKR

The investment company, which holds nearly 15 per cent of Perpetual, believes the trust and wealth businesses have been traded for more than it was ever willing to pay.

March 2024

Robert Millner, Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co chairman, is a rare business leaded not afraid to ruffle feathers.

Soul Patts’ Millner rails against secretive new laws

Two words are frightening senior Australian executives; few are willing to say them publicly. The words are “nature positive”.

Close quarters: The court action nearly a decade ago pitted Robert Millner, the chairman of Brickworks, and Soul Patts against Perpetual’s former equities head Matt Williams.

The big M&A contender no one talks about any more

It’s the year of the clean-up M&A trade. And when it comes to cleaning up, there’s one gorilla that’s been untouchable for decades.

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January 2024

Whitehaven Coal boss Paul Flynn is popular with private debt heavy-weights.

Private debt behemoths back Whitehaven’s $6.3 billion coal buy

Whitehaven received commitments from private credit giants Ares Management and Canyon Partners as well as Farallon Capital Management for the $US900 million.

Vodafone group CEO Margherita Della Valle is trying to turn the company around. So far, she has announced 11,000 job cuts over three years, and sale of Vodafone Spain for up to €5 billion. Is ASX-listed TPG Telecom next?

TPG Telecom’s top shareholder Vodafone said to mull exit

A block trade originating out of its largest shareholder could be in the order of $2.4 billion.

December 2023

The Washington H. Soul Pattinson Building in Pitt Street will be the new home for Sephora cosmetics

Soul Patts ups Perpetual stake to 14.99pc

The increase comes less than a week after the Millner family’s listed investment vehicle bid to break up the storied fund manager was made public.

Soul Patts chairman Robert Millner and chief executive Todd Barlow at the company’s annual general meeting in Sydney on Friday.

Soul Patts leaves door open to more M&A after $3b Perpetual bid

The investment manager, with $900 million in cash, wants to pounce on “undervalued companies” that will fall victim to higher rates and weakened valuations.

Revenge doesn’t drive Soul Patts chairman Robert Millner.

Soul Patts’ Rob Millner squares the circle as he comes for Perpetual

It’s hard to resist the idea that this week’s $3 billion bid for the storied fund manager doesn’t come tinged with some layer of revenge.

Founding shareholders of Citadel-Magnus in 2015 (Martin Debelle, Helen McCombie, Pete Brookes and John Gardner)

Soul Patts’ rejected Perpetual bid exposes pending conflicts

The moment Soul Patts lobbed a low-ball offer for the fund manager, the interests of Domestique’s client diverged from Citadel Magnus’.

Washington H Soul Pattinson has lobbed a $3 billion bid for Perpetual.

Soul Patts ‘low-ball’ Perpetual bid likely to spark other offers

The prospect of a demerger may finally solve Perpetual’s valuation problem, say analysts, as the company’s stock jumped on takeover talk.

Perpetual chief executive Tony D’Aloisio and chairman Rob Adams have overseen a failed acquisition strategy.

Perpetual bid is a warning for Magellan, Regal and Platinum

Soul Patts’ bid for Perpetual may have been dismissed as too low, but its structure reinforces the challenges facing listed fund managers. 

WHSP chief executive Todd Barlow.

Perpetual break-up long time in making as advisors worked the market

There was plenty of action leading up to the dual announcements on Wednesday, including attempts to cajole interest in the business for weeks.

Nicolab’s StrokeViewer aims to streamline stroke treatment.

Soul Patts-backed IPO hopeful Nicolab back in front of investors

The Amsterdam-based medtech is back on the fund-raising trail just seven months after its last cash call.

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November 2023

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Soul Patts checks out Whitehaven’s debt for $6.2b BHP coal buy

The interest is no surprise, given last year it tipped into the financing for Stanmore Resources’ $1.35 billion purchase of BHP’s stake in BHP Mitsui Coal.

New Hope is investing some of its cash with bond managers.

Coal miners discover nobody will judge them in the bond market

Coal companies with more cash than they know what to do with are turning to fixed income investing after banks bowed to pressure to ditch them as clients.

September 2023

Washington H. Soul Pattinson CEO Todd Barlow has been bearish for a year.

‘Rates do matter’: Blunt warning from $11b giant Soul Patts

Soul Patts’ big shift into private markets reflects its view that the rise in bond yields rocking global markets will weigh heavily on equity markets. 

Petrol prices are one of many things elevating Australia’s inflation figures.

Soaring petrol prices tipped to fuel Australian inflation rebound

The market forecasts headline inflation data to climb to 5.2 per cent for the 12 months to August. The higher oil prices are hurting equities markets in the US.

Jack Cowin built his fortune on the back of Whopper burgers.

Soul Patts, Rich Listers tip into NexGen $240m financing

The pair sit alongside Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing as major shareholders in the $3.5 billion uranium developer.

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