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Tab placed in a trading halt pending announcement

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
... shares have been placed in a trading halt pending the release of a company announcement. Tab is currently the subject of a takeover bid by Victoria's Tabcorp Holdings. Earlier this month the Tab board said it regarded the Tabcorp offer of $4.64 per share ...

Principal America trades high on takeover speculation

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
Takeover speculation in a consolidating industry was the most likely driver of a surge in investor interest in Property trust Principal America Office Trust, analysts said on Wednesday. The second highest traded security by volume on the Australian ...

Optus announces $226.8 million takeover bid for Uecomm

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
Optus announces $226.8 million takeover bid for Uecomm Singapore Telecommunications subsidiary Optus today announced it had made a 40 cents per share offer to acquire all of Uecomm's non-Alinta held shares. Optus has informed junior telco Uecomm that ...

Lend Lease, General Property Trust in trading halt

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
... of GPT through its ownership of GPT's responsible entity, GPT Management, and there has been speculation recently of a takeover move by Lend Lease on GPT. GPT has been the subject of speculation because of its external management structure.

Bank of Qld plunges on sell-out but takeover talk building

... its biggest shareholder in Commonwealth Bank of Australia, but market participants believe the move leaves it open to takeover offers. CBA, Australia's second biggest bank and BoQ's biggest shareholder, sold its 12% stake in BoQ through a surprise $105 ...

Tab ups the ante by rejecting Tabcorp takeover bid

Tab today upped the ante in its resistance to a takeover by Tabcorp Holdings with a unanimous board recommendation that shareholders reject the current offer. The Tab board said it regarded the Tabcorp offer of $4.64 per share as inadequate and failed ...

ACCC tells Boral to abandon Adelaide Brighton takeover

... issuing a statement saying it was considering its position on the ACCC's request and until it reached a decision the takeover offer was still on the table. Late on Wednesday however Adelaide Brighton issued a statement recommending Adelaide Brighton ...

Tabcorp and Tab in war of words over takeover bid

Tabcorp Holdings [yesterday] upped pressure on Tab Ltd to accept its takeover bid, saying it could see no reason for the NSW gaming house to keep delaying the decision. But Tab accused Tabcorp of trying to "heavy" its board and reiterated a recommendation ...

PBL announces takeover offer for Burswood Casino

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) last night made a takeover move on Burswood Ltd, seven months after becoming the largest stakeholder in the operator of Perth's casino and hotel complex. PBL subsidiary PBL (WA), currently holds 15.6 ...

UNiTAB to give update $2 billion Tab takeover bid

Queensland's UNiTAB Ltd today said it expects to give an update on its $2 billion takeover bid for NSW-based Tab Ltd in the next week. "This update will be made following UNiTAB's consideration of the positive finding made by the independent financial ...