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NAB director Clark quits for Vodafone job, another vacancy

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2004
... Vodafone\'s Japanese unit, creating yet another vacancy on the board. Clark was appointed chief executive of the global telco\'s Japanese operation overnight, following the sudden departure of Darryl Green for \"personal reasons\". Clark was chief executive ...

Telstra announces European debt investor roadshow

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2004
... longer-term borrowing of around 500 million euros ($850 million). The roadshow planned for 2-6 July will be conducted by the telco's chief financial officer John Stanhope and corporate treasurer Cliff Davis, targeting key institutional investors in London ...

Telstra returns $1.5 bln a yr to shareholders over next

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
... move chief financial officer John Stanhope said should dent its credit rating but boost its shares. Australia's biggest telco also lifted its dividend payout ratio to 80% of normal profit, up from 60%, saying this was the result of its strong balance ...

Optus announces $226.8 million takeover bid for Uecomm

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
... 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 it has entered into a pre-bid arrangement with the utility group, Alinta Ltd, whereby it has secured options ...

Optus planning to buy Commander for $250 mln: report

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
... Telecommunications subsidiary Optus is upping the stakes and planning an assault on Telstra Corp by buying small business telco provider Commander Communications, according to a report in The Australian Financial Review. The newspaper said Optus was ...

Trading Post good fit for Telstra

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
... million acquisition of classified advertising business the Trading Post Group by Telstra Corp Ltd was a good fit for the telco's directories business, analysts said. But analysts and shareholder groups have raised concerns about the price the telco paid ...

Telstra chairman denies Fairfax takeover was discussed

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
Telstra Corp Ltd chairman Bob Mansfield today denied that the telco's board discussed taking over John Fairfax Holdings Ltd at a meeting last week. "That certainly was not the case, and no such discussion occurred," Mr Mansfield told media. Mr Mansfield ...

Telstra completes $1 billion off-market share buyback

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2003
... completion of its $1 billion off-market share buyback, at the bottom end of the tender range offered by Australia's biggest telco. A total 238,230,580 shares will be bought back at $4.20 a share, representing about 1.8 per cent of Telstra's shares on ...

Telstra faces hostile shareholders

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
... investors to follow the lead of Telstra director, Sam Chisholm, who chooses not to hold any stock in Australia's biggest telco. "There's no compulsion on you to own shares if you choose not to do so," Mr Mansfield said. This only served to enrage the ...

Telstra says no change to 2003-04 outlook

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
Australia's biggest telecommunications company, Telstra Corp Ltd, reaffirmed its outlook for 2003/04 today, maintaining expectations of positive revenue growth. "After four months trading in the 2003/04 year, there is no change to our previous comments ...