ASX Announcements
Market Sensitive
Merger with Chemist Warehouse - Scheme Meeting Results
Scheme of Arrangement, Results of Meeting, Trading Halt Lifted
- Jan 29, 2025
- 3 pages
Market Sensitive
Merger with Chemist Warehouse - General Meeting Results
Results of Meeting
- Jan 29, 2025
- 3 pages
Chairman's Address & Presentation for General Meeting
Company Presentation, Chairman's Address to Shareholders
- Jan 29, 2025
- 39 pages
Market Sensitive
CW - Trading Update 1H FY25 Record Sales & Margin Expansion
Trading Update
- Jan 28, 2025
- 2 pages
This Month
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- Mergers & acquisitions
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.
- Updated
- Michael Smith and James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
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.
- James Thomson
- Updated
- Mergers & acquisitions
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.
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- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
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.
- James Thomson
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.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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.
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- Alex Gluyas
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.
- Alex Gluyas and Joshua Peach
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.
- Joshua Peach and Joanne Tran
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.
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
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?
- James Thomson
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.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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.
- Joanne Tran
- Opinion
- Business Person of the Year
‘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.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Humble starts, billion-dollar deals unite Business Person of the Year winners
Founders of Chemist Warehouse Jack Gance, Sam Gance and Mario Verrocchi, and AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda take the top prize for 2024.
- James Thomson
November 2024
Di Pilla’s HMC Capital on track for 90pc boost to earnings
The outperformance of its private equity fund and fees generated from its data centre IPO have supercharged earnings.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Chemist Warehouse/Sigma squeeze spicier than a Guzman y Gomez burrito
Hold on to your hats! Chemist Warehouse’s arrival on the bourse serves as a case study in the dark arts of index inclusion.
- Anthony Macdonald
‘Critical milestone’: Chemist Warehouse, Sigma merger clears ACCC hurdle
After several delays, the regulator found the tie-up will not substantially hurt competition, paving the way for the creation of a $28.9 billion sharemarket giant.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
$30b Chemist Warehouse deal seals founders’ legacy. Now for the hard bit
Jack Gance and Mario Verrocchi have built one of Australia’s great retail brands. Bringing it into a listed environment is a fresh challenge.
- James Thomson
PM calls Trump; Chemist Warehouse to merge; NAB arrears surge
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
October 2024
Inside Chemist Warehouse’s bid to reverse its $150m retail media slide
The pharmacy giant’s advertising and media business made $640 million two years ago, but has fallen each year since.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones