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Shareholder approved acquisitions: revised ASIC guidance

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • June 29 2011

ASIC has recently re-written its long outdated Regulatory Guide 74: Acquisitions approved by members

Swim between the flags - safe underwriting for a rights issue

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • July 29 2011

As the Australian credit market has not yet returned to the buoyant state enjoyed prior to the global financial crisis, companies continue to explore rights issues as a way of raising funds

Revised ASIC policy on downstream acquisitions: the path is becoming clear but no less treacherous

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • December 6 2011

In our April edition of M&A Perspectives we discussed some recent Takeover Panel cases (eg ACSHochtiefLeighton) and some interesting potential transactions (CGNPC UraniumKalahariExtract) concerning downstream acquisitions

We're the regulators and we're here to help capital raising for small to mid cap companies

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
  • -
  • March 29 2012

Recent moves by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will make it easier for small to mid cap companies to raise equity

BC Iron: scheming to terminate a scheme best to disclose your rights to make them iron-clad

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • April 20 2011

Regent Pacific's proposed acquisition of BC Iron (BCI) by scheme of arrangement illustrates some of the key differences between the regulation of takeovers and of schemes of arrangement

ASIC consults on updating and consolidating takeovers guidance

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • January 21 2013

The consolidation of ASIC's existing guidance into 4 new regulatory guides will make it easier for companies and their advisers to identify and apply

Takeover approaches: to disclose or not to disclose

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • August 31 2012

Target boards faced with an unsolicited takeover approach face a difficult decision: to disclose or not to disclose the approach