ASX Announcements
Application for quotation of securities - EML
Appendix 2A (Application for Quotation of Securities)
- Dec 24, 2024
- 9 pages
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Company Administration - Other, CEO/Managing Director – Appointment Resignation
- Dec 23, 2024
- 2 pages
Application for quotation of securities - EML
Appendix 2A (Application for Quotation of Securities)
- Dec 13, 2024
- 9 pages
Application for quotation of securities - EML
Appendix 2A (Application for Quotation of Securities)
- Dec 6, 2024
- 9 pages
August
EML Payments chairman resigns after board clash over credit card use
Luke Bortoli, also the chief financial officer at lithium hopeful Pilbara Minerals, said he was pleased to leave the prepaid gift card group in “great shape”.
- Max Mason and Jemima Whyte
- Exclusive
- Board shake-up
EML Payments chairman’s corporate credit card ignites boardroom clash
The prepaid cards business said it had undertaken an “independent review of expenses incurred by directors and management” but decided against taking action.
- Jemima Whyte
April
US activist Alta Fox dumps EML stake; Barrenjoey on the trade
Sources said Barrenjoey was on the tools after market close on Thursday, shifting Alta Fox’s 8.14 per cent stake.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November 2023
EML Payments plunges on strategic review
Shares in EML dived after the company reveals its troubled Irish unit is burning cash.
- Jonathan Shapiro
April 2023
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Activist turns EML on its head in just five months
It’s astonishing how quickly an activist investor with barely a 10 per cent stake can turn a company’s strategy, board and management team on its head.
- Anthony Macdonald
EML ousts CEO, appoints Barrenjoey to sell ‘all or part’ of business
Investors say they support the decision to launch a strategic review, hoping bankers would be able to strike deals to offload divisions and unlock value.
- Ayesha de Kretser
The weird and wonderful world of EML Payments
EML has a piercing migraine’s worth of anti-money laundering compliance issues and a cast from the bar scene in Star Wars.
- Joe Aston
February 2023
EML shares plunge again on profit miss amid board shake-up
The fintech reshuffled its board after reporting a $130 million loss and big impairments as it continues to battle regulators in Europe.
- James Eyers
November 2022
US activist Alta Fox in EML’s henhouse, gunslinger in tow
For all its willingness to start proxy fights, Alta Fox has rarely been spotted Down Under. It’s good then it’s got the gun singling Leibler, who’s honed the craft of stalking ASX-listed boards at names like Myer Holdings and Humm Group.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
EML chairman booted, shares fly on hopes a buyer will be back
EML investors finally had a reason to celebrate as chairman Peter Martin’s re-election was voted down at a fiery AGM. But will his departure spark a new round of M&A action that shareholders blamed him for foiling?
- Ayesha de Kretser
Angry shareholders take out EML chairman
Shares in the troubled company rose by a quarter after Peter Martin narrowly failed to be re-elected to the board.
- Aaron Patrick
Eyes on EML Payments chair on AGM day
It would have been a sleepless night for EML Payments chair Peter Martin on Thursday.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
- Opinion
- Leadership lessons
A world-class CEO at business cliches
Emma Shand’s plan to save troubled gift card provider EML Payments is hard to understand because of the words she uses to explain it.
- Aaron Patrick
October 2022
EML slides amid UK regulatory concerns
Monday was another horror show for EML shareholders as it revealed the UK’s FCA had similar concerns to its Irish counterpart.
- Emma Rapaport
Ex-EML Payments CEO now a strategic adviser
He’s a heavy metal fan, drummer, kung fu practitioner, investor ‘and ... I forgot, former CEO’.
- Michael Roddan
September 2022
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
I paid $30 for a corporate code of conduct. That’s good value
Why do companies that boast about high ethical principles find it so hard to follow them?
- Aaron Patrick
August 2022
EML hit by another fraud, shares down 11pc
Embattled payments company EML hit by fraud in recently acquired business Sentenial.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
EML says it will buy back shares, undertake strategic review
EML Payments shares up more than 10 per cent on buyback, better than expected revenue growth.
- Ayesha de Kretser
July 2022
EML hit again as Irish regulator finds gaps
EML suffers another setback as new chief executive Emma Shand prepares to update the market on strategic direction next month.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
EML Payments keeps bankers close as swoopers circle
The sharks are circling bombed out EML Payments – but much to their chagrin the company’s board hasn’t been all that keen to take them seriously.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood