ASX Announcements
Roadshow Presentation including CW 1H25 Results
Company Presentation
Application for quotation of securities - SIG
Appendix 2A (Application for Quotation of Securities)
Ceasing to be a substantial holder
Ceasing to be a substantial holder
Application for quotation of securities - SIG
Appendix 2A (Application for Quotation of Securities)
February
Chemist Warehouse’s $34b debut has bulge-bracket banks licking their wounds
While every equities desk tries its best, the fact is neither succeeded in shaking out what we now know could have been a billion-dollar block trade.
ASX resets peak, BHP up 2pc; Temple & Webster shares hit record
Shares rise; Temple & Webster sets new record; gold tipped to top $US3,500; Qantas downgraded; Sigma rallies, CBA resets record; Toys”R”Us chief exits.
ASX tips a stronger year for new listings on back of Chemist Warehouse
ASX reports record level of operating revenue for a first-half, driven by higher trading volumes, especially in derivatives markets.
Here’s why Chemist Warehouse is really worth $32b
As Chemist Warehouse celebrates the $32 billion marriage with Sigma, it’s clear how vital the retail chain’s culture will be to the deal. Here are the secrets of that culture.
Chemist Warehouse scores $34b pay day in ASX debut
The founders were on hand as the retailer made its sharemarket debut on Thursday via Sigma, with plans to expand in Australia and globally.
Chemist Warehouse franchisees’ selling breaches $400m
The pharmacy chain’s millionaires-in-waiting are not sitting around waiting for the ASX bell-ringing ceremony. They sold $175 million worth of stock late on Wednesday.
Eyes on franchisee sell orders ahead of Chemist Warehouse’s ASX debut
Short interest in Sigma has ticked up from under one per cent last year to a three-year-high of 5.62 per cent at February 6, the most recent data available.
January
Chemist Warehouse shareholders seal $30b merger in 16-minute meeting
The reverse listing of the pharmacy giant through Sigma Healthcare was signed more than a year ago. Investors in both companies quickly gave the green light.
Chemist Warehouse seals its $30b moment at a low-key suburban pub
The Olympic might seem a strange place to crown a big merger. But at its heart, this is a working-class migrant success story born far from the top end of town.
Chemist Warehouse sales top $5b in six months ahead of ASX listing
The privately held pharmacy giant’s shareholders will vote on a merger with Sigma Healthcare on Wednesday, a deal that would create a $29 billion company.
New Chemist Warehouse riches revealed: 53 investors worth over $50m
Exclusive analysis of the share registry has unveiled for the first time just how many millionaires its merger with Sigma will mint.
Chemist Warehouse franchisees mull sell-down post $30b merger; banks circle
Chemist Warehouse’s $30 billion merger with Sigma Healthcare could unleash nearly $1 billion of sell-downs as some large franchisees weigh selling their stakes.
Chemist Warehouse set to shake up ASX 200
Sigma’s beefed up market cap after its $30 billion Chemist Warehouse merger will reduce passive investors’ exposure to other blue-chips such as CBA, BHP and CSL.
Will a 2025 IPO revival save the shrinking ASX?
The number of ASX listed funds and companies has dwindled to a near two-decade low after billions was pulled in 2024. Hopes are high that 2025 could be a turnaround year.
December 2024
The stocks that did the most damage in 2024 – and the ones that ruled
One fintech darling has more than tripled in the past 12 months, but the same can’t be said for lithium stocks on the front line of the EV slowdown.
Sigma clears hurdle in $30b Chemist Warehouse deal
The independent expert commissioned by Sigma Healthcare to review its $30b Chemist Warehouse merger says the deal is fair and reasonable.
Clause that could bite $30b Chemist Warehouse dream
The scale of insider family deals at Chemist Warehouse meant transactions had to be handled carefully as it merged with Sigma. Have the firms got the balance right?
PE deal makers tipped to “get creative” in 2025 as exits mount
The payday isn’t as big for the equity capital markets bankers, a backdoor listing lacking the hoopla of an IPO. But whatever works to get things moving.
The one key lesson for family firms from Chemist Warehouse founders
After building a $30 billion pharmacy giant, brothers Jack and Sam Gance say the secret to a thriving business comes down to decision-making.
‘Focused, consistent’: How milk bar kids built $30b Chemist Warehouse
Chemist Warehouse founders Mario Verrocchi and Jack and Sam Gance have been named joint Business Person of the Year, alongside AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda.