The $ 5 billion Canadian online poker and gambling giant has emerged with an 80 per
cent stake of a combined CrownBet and William Hill corporate bookmaking business that will take on Tabcorp and Sportsbet in the heated battle for Australian punters.
Not exact matches
Consider that under the proposed deal multinational aerospace giant Airbus will take a 50.01 per
cent stake in Bombardier's C Series project and move some
of the production to a plant in Alabama.
Microcap fund manager Acorn Capital has increased its
stake in listed Perth - based financial planning firm Plan B Group Holdings to control almost 10 per
cent of the voting power.
Constellation Brands, the owner
of Corona and a large number
of wine and spirits labels, purchased a 9.9 per
cent stake in Canopy Growth Corp. for $ 245 million this week.
Applecross - based Mineral Resources is looking to sell a 49 per
cent stake in its Wodgina lithium project, as work to investigate the feasibility
of a lithium hydroxide or carbonate processing plant at the site continues.
Shopping centre owner Centro Retail Australia is in discussions with investors regarding the sale
of 50 per
cent stakes in three
of its shopping centres, including Morley's Galleria.
Prime position for Seven Kerry Stokes's Seven Network is to make a major expansion into regional television, taking a
stake of about 15 per
cent in Prime Media Group, the debt - riddled regional affiliate
of Seven's metropolitan TV operations.
The transaction — which Laliberte said wasn't a «fire sale» at a reported value
of around $ 1.5 billion — will also see partner Dubai World sell its 10 per
cent stake.
Perth - based Paladin Energy has settled the sale
of a 25 per
cent stake in its flagship Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Nambia, under a deal originally announced to the market in January this year.
Iron ore explorer Gindalbie Metals has detailed a $ 586 million loss for the financial year, which was previously flagged on the back
of a write - down
of its 48 per
cent stake in the Karara project.
Gold miner Doray Minerals has declared its off - market takeover
of Mutiny Gold unconditional, after increasing its
stake to 75.3 per
cent.
Wind Mobile CEO and chairman Anthony Lacavera said Wednesday that he retains his 35 per
cent ownership
stake in the company and will go back to the capital markets to raise money to buy the rest
of the company.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn revealed Monday — in both a U.S. regulatory filing and on Twitter — that he has bought more than 61.5 million shares
of Talisman for a 5.97 per
cent stake.
«This year, it already has a 6 per
cent stake and the big guys — Swan and Carlton — have detected the winds
of change.
Fan also pointed out that Verizon Wireless can not invest outside
of the continental U.S. due to a shareholder agreement with British telecom company Vodafone (which owns a 45 per
cent stake in Verizon Wireless), and that it would be unlikely that any wireless investment by Verizon Communications Inc. would occur outside
of Verizon Wireless.
AN entity
of Entrust Funds Management has taken an $ 8 million
stake in the Aspen Group's recently acquired Dunsborough Lakes Project, joining the Wyllie Group and Aspen in each holding a 20 per
cent s
For example, Sinosteel had to sell a mining project in Cameroon in which it had a 97.5 per
cent stake in 2008 because
of poor government efficiency, the report said.
An entity
of Entrust Funds Management has taken an $ 8 million
stake in the Aspen Group's recently acquired Dunsborough Lakes Project, joining the Wyllie Group and Aspen in each holding a 20 per
cent stake in the project.
«Rather than waiting until after your death to leave the company to your adult child — who might have to pay 55
cents in tax on every $ 1
of its value — you want to start transferring a minority
stake now, let's say 30 %
of the stock.»
THE hydrocarbon prospective San Joaquin Basin in the United States continues to figure high on the exploration schedule
of Victoria Petroleum NL, which holds a 63.3 per
cent direct and indirect
stake in the California hydrocarbon real estate.
The financial sector changes were later confirmed by Yi Gang, the newly appointed head
of China's central bank, who said foreign investors would be allowed to hold up to a 51 per
cent equity
stake in brokerage firms, futures companies and fund management firms.
Its latest deal was the offloading this week
of its 62 per
cent stake in corporate bookmaker CrownBet for $ 150 million to Canadian company The Stars Group.
The Yancoal transaction followed the $ US606 million sale
of Rio's 40 per
cent stake in the Bengalla coal mine to New Hope, and the $ US220 million sale
of the Mt Pleasant coal project in NSW in 2016.
The Commonwealth Bank
of Australia has deflected rumours it is mulling the sale
of its 80 per
cent stake in Indonesia's PT Commonwealth Life.
CrownBet is 62 per
cent owned by Crown Resorts, with the remaining
stake owned by CrownBet chief executive and former BRW Young Rich list member Matthew Tripp and several
of his executives.
The company owns and operates portals likes Bikedekho.com, Cardekho.com and Pricedekho.com, and will receive the investment from Sequoia for a 20 per
cent stake, reported The Times
of India.
Foreign direct investment (FDI)-- usually defined as an ownership
stake of 10 per
cent or more — is where things get sticky for Canada.
The remaining 20 per
cent stake in CrownBet is owned by its chief executive Matthew Tripp and his executives, who could earn a payment
of $ US182 million ($ 234 million) in cash and shares in 2020 subject to certain performance conditions.
Morse was considered the force behind Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group and Yahoo's $ 7.6 billion deal over the summer, which saw Yahoo sell about half
of its 40 per
cent stake in Alibaba after years
of wrangling over terms.
In 2005, his hedge fund owned 5.4 per
cent of Wendy's and Ackman was among a group
of investors who successfully pushed the company to spin off Tim Hortons despite management's preference to simply sell off a
stake in the donut chain along with some
of its real estate.
The law was on their side, and they won, with the spoils being
stakes of about 10 per
cent in the business.
Fidelity - owned funds cut their
stake by 2.54 per
cent in PC Jeweller last week and one
of the company's promoters Balram Garg believes the continuation
of the sharp fall in PC shares this week could be due to further selling by the foreign investor
of its remaining
stake.
Crown, in which Mr Packer owns a
stake of about 47 per
cent, announced on Wednesday morning he was leaving the casino and resort giant's board immediately for personal reasons.
Shares in LendLease fell more than 10 per
cent as UBS downgraded the property manager after it sold some
of its
stake in its retirement livi...
Shares in LendLease fell more than 10 per
cent as UBS downgraded the property manager after it sold some
of its
stake in its retirement living business.
Avista owns a 15 - per -
cent -
stake in two
of the four units at the Colstrip plant in Montana — a major coal - mining state — and plans to use them for electricity production until 2035, said a spokesperson for the company that also operates hydroelectric dams, natural gas and biomass generating plants and wind turbines.
But critics said Ontario, which sold a majority
of shares in Hydro One to raise money for transportation infrastructure and now owns a 49 per
cent stake, is taking a step backward with the deal.
Chevron owns about 47 per
cent of Gorgon, while ExxonMobil and Shell own 25 per
cent each and several Japanese LNG customers have small
stakes.
Canopy's bought deal with BMO is the second time that the cannabis company has managed to blaze a new trail in the industry: U.S. alcoholic beverage giant Constellation Brands Inc. purchased a nearly 10 per
cent stake in Canopy last fall, the first time a major out -
of - market player bought into the pot business.
2nd January 2018 - Euronext closes share swap
of its current 2.3 per
cent stake in LCH Group for an 11.1 per
cent stake in LCH SA
According to a national poll taken by the Asia Pacific Foundation
of Canada in the fall
of 2016, 51 per
cent of Canadians would support a private Chinese company buying a controlling
stake in a Canadian company while only 11 per
cent would be in support
of such an acquisition by a Chinese SOE.
But the four nominees have skin in the game: they own 0.3 per
cent of Crescent Point, more than twice the
stake held by the company's non-employee directors.
Mr Kumova said he had no intention to sell any
of his
stake of about 6 per
cent at this stage.
In September, it acquired a 50 per
cent stake in a 75 - acre property in Valleyfield, Que., where it intends to build an 820,000 square foot greenhouse facility with the assistance
of Aurora subsidiary Larssen Ltd., a greenhouse engineering company.
Initiatives perhaps such as a recent move by cocoa maker Barry Callebaut that in 2008 acquired a 49 per
cent stake in Biolands
of Tanzania, Africa's largest exporter
of certified organic cocoa.
Brewers in the US with a bigger partner with a
stake of below 25 per
cent still retain their status as a «craft» brewer under the Brewers Association rules.
Linfox will move more beer, soft drinks and water around Australia after taking full control
of drinks distribution joint venture BevChain, buying out partner Lion's 50 per
cent stake.
It owns a 48 per
cent stake in Maggie Beer, while it has purchased all
of Paris Creek.
Blackmores in its accounts also recorded a net loss for 2016 - 17 on its 50 per
cent stake in Bemore
of $ 6.96 million, compared with a loss
of $ 814,000 in the first year
of operation when the joint venture was still in its infancy.
As Street Talk revealed last week, CHAMP wants to sell at least the bulk
of its 80 per
cent stake in Accolade Wines.