Origin shareholders reject Brookfield EIG takeover

Origin shareholders reject Brookfield EIG takeover

Australia’s largest super fund and other shareholders have dealt a heavy blow to Brookfield and EIG’s takeover of Origin Energy after 13 months of corporate drama.

  • bySimon Johanson andColin Kruger

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Origin board rejects consortium’s Plan B takeover plan

Origin board rejects consortium’s Plan B takeover plan

Origin Energy’s board has dismissed a revised takeover proposal by suitors Brookfield and EIG as incomplete,complex and highly conditional.

  • bySimon Johanson
Late-night drama extends $20 billion Origin Energy takeover battle

Late-night drama extends $20 billion Origin Energy takeover battle

Energy giant Origin has delayed the shareholder vote on North American suitors Brookfield and EIG’s $20 billion takeover bid after getting a revised late-night offer.

  • bySimon Johanson
Super fund rejects seat at $20b Origin takeover table

Super fund rejects seat at $20b Origin takeover table

AustralianSuper has rejected an 11th-hour overture from the Brookfield and EIG consortium to join their takeover of energy giant Origin.

  • bySimon Johanson
Origin bidder digs in for a ‘full-throated’ fight to persuade shareholders

Origin bidder digs in for a ‘full-throated’ fight to persuade shareholders

The latest twist in the country’s largest corporate deal comes as AustralianSuper confirmed it has increased its ownership of the power giant,building its stake to 15.03 per cent.

  • bySimon Johanson andColin Kruger
Is Australian radio ready for a KIIS FM-Triple M combo?

Is Australian radio ready for a KIIS FM-Triple M combo?

ARN boss Ciaran Davis is ready to do whatever it takes to get one of the most ambitious media deals in recent memory across the line.

  • byCalum Jaspan
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Albanese’s big chance to improve inflation,productivity and wages

Albanese’s big chance to improve inflation,productivity and wages

If the Labor government is fair dinkum about getting inflation down and productivity and wages up,it will at least ban non-compete clauses and tighten up our merger laws.

  • byRoss Gittins
Milkrun bet it could beat Woolies. Now it’s part of it
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Milkrun bet it could beat Woolies. Now it’s part of it

The supermarket giant has bought fallen rapid grocery retailer Milkrun’s brand and customer list to use on its former Metro60 delivery service.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Allkem inks $15.7b deal with US rival to create lithium superpower

Allkem inks $15.7b deal with US rival to create lithium superpower

The Australian miner will combine with fellow lithium producer Livent to create the world’s third-biggest lithium producer in terms of future estimated capacity.

  • bySimon Johanson
From the Archives,1993:Australian Airlines consumed by Qantas

From the Archives,1993:Australian Airlines consumed by Qantas

Fears that Australian Airlines would be gobbled up in the merger with Qantas were realised in 1993 with the announcement that the name and logo of the domestic carrier were no more.

  • byGareth Boreham
Twitter ‘no longer exists’:Musk starts new company

Twitter ‘no longer exists’:Musk starts new company

Twitter has ceased to be an independent company after merging with a newly formed shell firm called X Corp,driving speculation about what Elon Musk intends for the social media platform.

  • byLow De Wei andMarika Katanuma