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Fonterra Shareholders' Fund

ASX Announcements

Financial Assistance for Enforced Compliance Trading

Issued Capital - Other

  • Jan 28, 2025
  • 1 page

Conditional approval from ASX to delist FSF from ASX

Company Administration - Other, Letter to Shareholders - Other

  • Jan 15, 2025
  • 4 pages

Request for removal from the Official List of the ASX

Company Administration - Other

  • Jan 8, 2025
  • 5 pages

Monthly Allotment / Redemption Notice

Alternation to issued capital

  • Jan 3, 2025
  • 1 page

Fonterra lifts FY25 Milk Price and holds earnings guidance

Progress Report, Company Administration - Other

  • Dec 5, 2024
  • 2 pages

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November 2024

Victorian dairy farmer Celia Hobbs has never looked back since switching to Fonterra.

Why Fonterra puts its dairy farmers before profit

Fonterra’s relationship with its dairy farmers is paramount to its success, making it a leader in the Established Business to Business category.

  • Larry Schlesinger

September 2024

Fonterra is the dairy giant behind Western Star butter and Mainland cheese.

Fonterra targets South-East Asia, keeps Aussie dairy arm for now

The burgeoning cafe and bakery scene across South-East Asia has boosted the milk giant’s appetite for the region.

  • Elouise Fowler

May 2024

Fonterra is the dairy giant behind Western Star butter and Mainland cheese.

Fonterra puts its Australian dairy assets up for sale

The New Zealand-based co-operative is behind household brands such as Western Star butter and Mainland cheese and has eight local manufacturing sites.

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  • Brad Thompson

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December 2023

Brownes Dairy CEO Natalie Sarich-Dayton says the group is headed for $245 million in revenue in calendar 2023.

Brownes Dairy aims to dislodge Babybel’s iron grip in cheese snacks

The company, which has been owned by Chinese investors for the past six years, is on track to generate overall revenues of $245 million this year.

  • Simon Evans
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Fonterra is owned by 9,000 dairy farmers, most of whom are in NZ. But in Australia a shortage of dairy cows is squeezing margins for all players.

Fonterra’s local margins shrink as dairy cow scarcity grows

But the trans-Tasman company behind Western Star butter and Mainland cheese increased overall profits as demand from China improved.

  • Simon Evans

October 2023

Sam Elsom, CEO of Sea Forest

How to cut emissions with seaweed and burgers

The development of asparagopsis as a livestock feed supplement is just one of many ways the agricultural sector is reducing emissions.

  • Larry Schlesinger

September 2023

Australian dairy industry is facing fierce competition from New Zealand.

Dairy exporters under pressure amid high milk prices

Australian farmers are enjoying near record milk prices thanks to reduced local supply, but exports are declining as buyers look to New Zealand for cheaper options.

  • Cecile Lefort

August 2023

Shopping in Wellington. The economy shrank in the final three months of 2022 and in the first quarter of 2023 as higher interest rates and rising prices stalled consumer spending.

New Zealand cuts spending as downturn, China strain budget

Finance Minister Grant Robertson has instructed the public service to cut spending on consultants and contractors and said he would also reduce future budget allowances.

  • Tracy Withers

May 2023

Bubs Australia boardroom ructions have taken another turn.

Bubs investors seek to install Peter Nathan as CEO in board spill

The push to remove the company’s current directors is being led by departed chief executive Kristy Carr and executive chairman Dennis Lin.

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  • Carrie LaFrenz

September 2022

Fonterra is owned by 10,000 farmer shareholders who run dairy farms.

NZ dairy giant Fonterra to keep 100pc of Australian business

The owner of Western Star butter, Mainland and Perfect Italiano cheese looked at an IPO and a partial stake sale, but decided against it.

  • Simon Evans

August 2022

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New kid on the block Care A2 Plus mulls ASX listing

The infant formula start-up was thrust into the limelight after gaining a tick from the US regulator in early July to supply millions of tins to a stretched market.

  • Carrie LaFrenz

March 2022

Fonterra is exiting Russia where it has 42 staff members.

Fonterra joins multinationals’ exodus and shutters Moscow office

New Zealand dairy giant will also exit its joint venture with Unifood in Saint Petersburg, joining other global companies leaving the country.

  • Carrie LaFrenz

September 2021

Fonterra Co-op chief executive Miles Hurrell is mulling an IPO of the Australian arm of the dairy giant.

Fonterra mulls IPO of Australian unit, exits Chile

The NZ diary giant flagged a review of its local business, which could see it list on the ASX with a valuation north of $1 billion.

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  • Carrie LaFrenz

December 2020

ASX notches up five week winning streak with 0.5pc gain

The Australian sharemarket rose 0.3 per cent on Friday as banks gained and miners rode the rally in commodity prices. Nuix starred in a big day for IPOs.

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  • Robert Guy, Vesna Poljak, Sarah Turner and Luke Housego
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October 2020

ASX gains on banks, miners; Boral's Fagg to retire in 2021

The sharemarket rose 0.5 per cent as banks and miners advanced after RBA governor Philip Lowe signalled more easing. Whitehaven soared 11 per cent. Audinate, Redbubble shine amid tech slide. The September jobless rate rose to 6.9 per cent.

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  • Robert Guy, Vesna Poljak and William McInnes
Fonterra has ditched its China Farms businesses as growth in demand for fresh milk in China proved too uncertain for the NZ giant.

Fonterra sells China Farms for $514m

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has sold its China Farms business for $NZ555 million ($514 million) to pay down debt and focus on domestic producers.

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  • James Fernyhough

September 2020

Fonterra is focusing on turning about 1.5 million litres of milk into cheese and butter in Australia over the next year.

Fonterra says processing plants exceed milk supply

New Zealand-based Fonterra predicts more processing plant closures among its rivals in the Australian dairy industry.

  • Brad Thompson

August 2020

Bega Cheese shares had the biggest decline on the market on Tuesday, down 12.8 per cent to $3.95.

Lining up to replace China's Mengniu

Josh Frydenberg's personal decision to block the takeover of Lion's dairy and drinks business by the Chinese gives Australia's Bega Cheese – and others – the opportunity to pursue the target.

  • Jennifer Hewett
Around 70 per cent of dairies in Tasmania's north-west are in foreign hands.

Locally owned Tassie dairy farm fund grows portfolio

Circular Head Farms founder Steven Fisher says he is not a fan of foreign ownership of Tasmanian dairy farms.

  • Larry Schlesinger

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