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Shareholders reject Westpac remuneration report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... drop in our market value for which I apologise unreservedly on behalf of the board," Westpac chair John McFarlane told the AGM. "Be assured, remedial action has been instituted by the board and management to improve performance going forward, including ...

IOOF moves forward with rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... Financial Standard that it will be business as usual for subsidiaries and that the ticker code IFL will not change. At the AGM, Mota said the new corporate brand "captures the essence of our history in a more contemporary way". "As part of our brand ...

AFA shuffles board, names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... Stephen Knight and Shaun McDonagh. There are currently two vacant positions that will be filled at the association's 2022 AGM. Newly minted chief executive Helen Morgan-Banda thanked Hawkins and Nowak for their contributions. "Mike has been an inspirational ...

ASIC looks to extend CFD intervention

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... Shlomo Yoshai. ASIC chased several other OTC derivative issuers involved with high-risk CFDs through the courts - resulting in AGM Markets, OT Markets and Ozifin Tech being ordered to pay a total of $75 million in pecuniary penalties. In the case against ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The government yesterday passed changes to Corporations Act that loosens disclosure requirements for companies, while also introducing legislation to make virtual AGMs permanent. Under the amendment, companies and directors will be liable for continuous ...

360 Capital offloads E&P stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... on October 27. The company's original offer was conditional on EP1's shares/options plan not getting through at the AGM - but the resolution passed. In December 2020, 360 raised its offer for EP1 shares by 13% to 60 cents per share. Eventually ...

Virtual company meetings to stay

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
The government has introduced draft exposure legislation that will allow companies to use technology in meetings while satisfying the Corporations Act 2001 requirements. These reforms make the temporary measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Evans and Dixon takeover shelved

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... October 27 bid. The company's original offer was conditional on EP1's shares/options plan not getting through at the AGM - but the resolution passed. In December 2020, 360 raised its offer for EP1 shares by 13% to 60 cents per share.

ASIC okay with virtual AGMs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
The corporate regulator will take a "no action" position on companies holding their annual general meetings via videoconferencing as the COVID protections lapse. ASIC's no action position will: support the holding of meetings using appropriate technology ...

360 Capital raises bid for Evans Dixon

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... after the October 27 bid. The company's original offer was conditional on EP1's shares/options plan not getting through at the AGM - but the resolution passed. 360 Capital on November 17 flagged it is considering whether to proceed on the takeover on ...