It’s down to the short strokes at Ampol and Kiwi counterpart Z Energy, who spent the weekend in back and forth talks to try to iron out a few minor sticking points.
After six weeks’ of exclusive talks, Ampol, Z Energy and their respective sets of bankers and lawyers, were trying to get to a signed $3 billion-odd agreement in time for Monday morning’s open.
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