Perth-based asset management company PearlStreet Ltd has signed the sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of former Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd subsidiaries Metlabs and ITS for $32 million, the company has announced.
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd has rejected an increased takeover bid from UK-based industrial services company Cape plc, saying the $1.30 per share offer was not high enough.
Evans & Tate has signed a binding agreement with ANZ Bank and Pendulum Capital Pty Ltd that will see east coast wine player McWilliam's Wines Pty Ltd take an equity position in the Margaret River winery.
Blake Dawson Waldron, Freehills, and Cochrane Lishman are firmly entrenched as the dominant law firms in Western Australia’s M&A market, having advised on the vast majority of big takeovers in the past financial year.
The low-profile founders of Welshpool manufacturing company, Kingston Bridge Engineering Pty Ltd, have cashed in on the surging economy by selling their business for $100 million.
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd has resumed discussions surrounding a potential takeover bid with UK-based industrial services company Cape PLC, two months after earlier talks faltered.
CANADIAN property and infrastructure company Brookfield Asset Management has bid $4.3 billion for property developer Multiplex Group Ltd and has already secured the Roberts family’s controlling stake.
Venture capital managers Rob Newman and Matt Callahan have completed a major restructuring and expansion of their Perth business, which has about $60 million under management.
Minerals testing business Genalysis Laboratory Services Pty Ltd has joined the large number of private Western Australian businesses to have been sold for a premium price after achieving rapid growth during the current resources boom.
South African-born businessman Norman Asch has struck a $5 million deal to sell his Webfirm business to Melbourne-based search engine and online media company Ansearch Ltd.
THE private equity binge has extended to the fast food industry, with a Sydney fund backing Australian Fast Foods Pty Ltd managing director Frank Romano in a $180 million deal, buying out major shareh
Parking and security player, Wilson Parking, has bought its fourth Western Australian security agency in two years with the purchase of Shelf Security in Dampier, one of the north-west’s largest security agencies.
UK-based industrial services company Cape PLC has withdrawn from discussions surrounding a potential takeover bid for Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd, saying it had been unable to have meaningful engagement with the company.
CONSTRUCTION giant Multiplex received a request from a potential predator to commence takeover discussions, sending its shares soaring more than 17 per cent.
Alinta has revealed that its chief executive officer, Bob Browning, is stepping down from the top job amid growing criticism of a conflict of interest in the wake of a management buy-out proposal.
The market may be getting the jitters over commodity prices but there are still a host of resources-related floats seeking to make the most of the buoyant capital markets.
Queensland-based Platina Resources Ltd has signed a joint venture agreement to search for platinum group metals at the Polar Bear Project, near Norseman, spending $1.3 million over 3 years to earn a 70 per cent interest in the project.
