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Mergers & acquisitions

Yesterday

The former Cliff Head oil well in the Perth Basin is being repurposed as a carbon capture and storage facility.

Pilot Energy to raise capital amid offshore approach

Street Talk understands the ASX-listed company, which has been suspended from the bourse since December, will on Monday launch a $5 million capital raising.

Adam Trippe-Smith, founder and CEO of Konvoy Kegs and White Bay Brewery.

US trade player, Tanarra lob bids for Konvoy Kegs

Kegstar is said to be among a handful of parties being ushered through to the second round of the auction.

Healthscope’s owner Brookfield has one last chance to win confidence of the group’s lenders, and will take bids for the group in the coming month.

Ramsay Health Care doesn’t want to waste a Healthscope crisis

The ASX-listed hospitals group is trying to fly below the radar with Healthscope, but the door is ajar. There is blood in the water and sharks come in all varieties.

Pro Medicus co-founders Anthony Hall (left) and  Sam Hupert. Mr Hall has bought a 7 per cent stake in East 33.

Can billionaire Anthony Hall build the next great seafood business?

The businessman made his fortune in medical imaging giant Pro Medicus. He’s snapping up abalone producers, oyster farms and fisheries for his next venture.

This Month

GenesisCare Shepparton in regional Victoria is another seed asset.

Oaktree Capital kicks off debt process for GenesisCare

It is understood McKnight will seek to refinance the so-called “take-back debt”, a facility that was arranged and funded by the Oaktree-led consortium of financiers.

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GRB has 259 stores trading under brands HOUSE, HOUSE Bed & Bath, Robins Kitchen and MyHouse.

Lew jnr bolsters retail group with Salt&Pepper deal; plots expansion

Homeware and kitchenware retailer Global Retail Brands has struck a deal to acquire Melbourne-headquartered Salt&Pepper.

Hicksons, Hunt & Hunt to merge as AI changes legal outlook

Public and private sector clients are demanding firms push down costs with AI, forcing smaller firms to look for scale to avoid unsustainable costs.

Nexon was co-founded by Barry Assaf in 2000, provides cloud and IT services to mid-market businesses.

EQT Partners taps sellside adviser for $30m-a-year Nexon Asia Pacific

EQT’s Mid Market Asia fund has held a majority stake in the IT services outfit since July 2019.

Galan Lithium’s Argentinan projects are next to tenements owned by Rio Tinto.

Galan Lithium considers capital raising after knocking back bid

Galan is the 100 per cent owner of HMW, which – as it reminded investors at its half-year accounts – is next to the Fenix project owned by Arcadium Lithium.

National home care provider Five Good Friends co-founders Nathan Betteridge and Simon Lockyer.

TPG buys majority stake in home care biz Five Good Friends

TPG’s Joel Thickins said Five Good Friends’ mission closely aligned with the firm’s focus on backing tech-enabled businesses with the ability to improve healthcare outcomes.

PEP co-founder Tim Sims.

PEP talk: Markdowns at The Man Shake but Fund VII set for $3b close

Sources say PEP is now valuing Cranky Health at less than its initial outlay, as the business battles high input costs and weaker demand amid cost of living pressures.

James Hardie chief executive Aaron Erter has run the building products group since late 2022. Australian investors are furious over the proposed $14b merger with Azek in the US.

Asbestos victims want compensation assurances from James Hardie

The building materials giant will shift its primary listing to New York under a plan to merge with American group Azek.

BE Campbell’s major sales channels are with Woolworths, Aldi and Coles.

$500m revenue family-owned pork processor kicks off sale; flyer out

BE Campbell has grown revenue 130 per cent over the past 15 years and is forecast to deliver more than $500 million revenue this financial year.

Composite of Star and Bally’s Soo Kim.

Star as we know it will be over, top execs cleaned out: Bally’s

Star Entertainment’s new controlling shareholder says there is still money to be made in gambling but the company had been badly managed for years.

StrongRoom AI co-founders Max Mito, Christopher Durre and Kieran Start celebrating the company’s seventh birthday in January.

Redundancies at StrongRoom AI amid fire sale; eyes on CEO

All eyes are on co-founder Max Mito, a defendant in a court case filed by EVP, who is expected to table a bid to buy back the business at cents in the dollar. 

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Sayers has been tasked with seeking an exit for Imaging Associates.

PEP bows out at Advent’s Imaging Associates

The radiology sector has offered up rich pickings for buyout firms in recent years.

Insignia chief executive Scott Hartley. Bain and CC lodged separate $5 per share offers for the near 180-year-old institution in March.

Is the PE shootout for Insignia under threat? Markets think so

Insignia’s share price dropped 11 per cent in the first hour of trade on Monday to $3.50 per share, caught in the Trump tariff turmoil.

Endeavour chairman Ari Mervis at the Endeavour AGM last November,

Endeavour’s Ari Mervis gets the broom out amid portfolio review

Ari Mervis is using the oldest trick in the book to placate shareholders – cutting costs, starting with staff.

Chris Blake is the chief executive of St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.

How to save hospitals ‘staring into the abyss’

The debate between care providers and insurers is raging. And having heard from all sides, good luck to up-for-sale hospitals giant Healthscope.

James Hardie chairwoman Anne Lloyd, with CEO Aaron Erter. The anger from Australian fund managers over the proposed $14 billion buyout of Azek has not diminished.

Investor wants government review of James Hardie waiver on $14b Azek deal

Long-term James Hardie investors say the Azek deal is value destructive and were disappointed by discussions with the company’s chair Anne Lloyd on Monday.

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