Billionaire forced to raise bid for Pact
Even hard-nosed billionaires can yield to minority shareholders in takeover situations, as seen last Monday.
Read MoreEven hard-nosed billionaires can yield to minority shareholders in takeover situations, as seen last Monday.
Read MoreMinority shareholders in Melbourne-based packaging company Pact Group (ASX:PGH) find themselves at a crossroads in the face of a 68 cents per share cash buyout offer from the company's chairman and largest shareholder, Ralph Geminder. Just thirteen months ago, the share price stood at approximately $1.44, but with the recent buyout proposal, it has plummeted to 68 cents.
Read MoreMelbourne billionaire Ralph Geminder is taking his Pact (ASX:PGH) packaging group private after conceding that there was very little investor support for the stock.
Read MoreMelbourne-based packing group Pact (ASX:PGH) faced significant challenges in the 12 months leading up to June 30, resulting in financial losses and the omission of a final dividend.
Read MoreA mixed bag in Monday’s ASX session, with Pact Group taking a big hit on a profit warning and TPG coming back for another bite of the InvoCare cherry.
Read MoreAnother full news day on the ASX with the reporting season picking up steam. Here’s the latest from some local industrial companies: Pact Group, Vicinity Centres and Downer EDI.
Read MoreFor the second time in six weeks, shares in Melbourne packager Pact Group (ASX: PGH) have been hit hard by weak trading news, falling more than 12% in Monday’s trading session.
Read MoreGood news and bad from the pandemic for two mid-caps yesterday and the shares of the two went in very different directions while an attempted takeover in gold is getting scrappy.
Read MoreIn more normal times – and nothing is normal at the moment – low oil prices benefit the global economy and stocks such as manufacturers and transport companies. Tim Boreham outlines those Australian companies which stand to benefit from significantly lower energy prices.
Read MoreCredit Suisse observes contract manufacturing was very weak in the first half while the volume erosion in packaging continues.
Read MoreStruggling Melbourne packaging group, Pact is putting its contract manufacturing division up for sale to relieve the pressure on the company’s finances by raising enough cash to pay down debt.
Read MoreShares in Pact Group Holdings (ASX:PGH) have displayed the type of price action that suggests a turnaround is underway. Looking at the fundamentals though, there are some key aspects of the business that need to be addressed this reporting season.
Read MorePact Group, whose shares have plunged 49% in the past year and a third since early February, has found a new CEO, hopefully, to lead the Melbourne based company out of the wilderness.
Read MoreThis is getting to be a regular event for shareholders in Melbourne based packager, Pact Group – bad news sees a fall in the share price… its been happening now, off and on for the past couple of years.
Read MoreChallenger did it, Super Retail Group did and so has Melbourne based packing operator, Pact Group has done – separating bad news about trading issues from actual results.
Read MoreAnother earnings downgrade from Melbourne-based packager, Pact Group yesterday, sending the shares on another sharp slide, this time more than 14% at one stage.
Read MorePact Group CEO, Malcolm Bundey is leaving the company immediately, an obvious casualty of the company’s poor 2017-18 report and market thumbs down.
Read MoreMeanwhile, a solid 2014-15 result emerged from another Melbourne-based packaging group yesterday.
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