The President's Club Limited 02

Introduction

  1. The Panel, Peter Day (sitting President), Michelle Jablko and Ian Jackman SC, extended time for the application, obtained a court extension of time for a declaration, made a declaration and made orders. The application concerned the remittal of the proceedings in The President's Club Limited [2012] ATP 10 (first proceeding).

The President's Club Limited 02 - Panel Publishes Reasons

The Panel today published the reasons for its decision on an application dated 26 June 2012 (as remitted by the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia on 4 September 2015) from The President's Club Limited in relation to its affairs.

Details of the Panel's decision can be found at TP16/06.

The Panel's reasons for its decisions are on the Panel's website.

The sitting Panel was Peter Day (sitting President), Michelle Jablko and Ian Jackman SC.

Sedgman Limited

Introduction

  1. The Panel, James Dickson, Robert McKenzie and Sophie Mitchell (sitting President), declined to make a declaration of unacceptable circumstances in relation to the affairs of Sedgman Limited on the basis of further disclosure made. The application concerned a takeover offer for Sedgman by CGI and the deduction of the value of franking credits from the bid consideration and disclosure issues.

Gulf Alumina Limited - Panel Receives Application

The Panel has received an application from Metro Mining Limited in relation to the affairs of Gulf Alumina Limited. Gulf Alumina is an unlisted public company with more than 50 members and is currently subject to an off-market takeover offer from Metro Mining.

Details of the application, as submitted by the applicant, are below.

A sitting Panel has not been appointed at this stage and no decision has been made whether to conduct proceedings. The Panel makes no comment on the merits of the application.

Brisbane Markets Limited - Declaration of Unacceptable Circumstances and Orders

The Panel has made a declaration of unacceptable circumstances (Annexure A) and final orders (Annexure B) in relation to an application dated 6 January 2016 by Brisbane Markets Limited in relation to its affairs (see TP16/01).

Background

Brisbane Markets is an unlisted company with more than 50 members and its issued capital consists of 42,500,000 ordinary shares and four industry shares.

Sedgman Limited - Panel Receives Application

The Panel has received an application from Sedgman Limited in relation to its affairs. Sedgman is currently the subject of an unconditional off-market takeover bid from CIMIC Group Investments Pty Limited (CGI), a wholly owned subsidiary of CIMIC Group Limited (CIMIC).

Details of the application, as submitted by the applicant, are below.

A sitting Panel has not been appointed at this stage and no decision has been made whether to conduct proceedings. The Panel makes no comment on the merits of the application.

The President's Club Limited 02 - New Interim Orders on Voting and Disposal

The Panel has previously made interim orders regarding:

  • disposal of the shares in The President's Club Limited held by Coeur de Lion Investments Pty Ltd and its associated parties on 18 November 2015 (see TP15/62 ) and
  • voting of shares in President's Club on 17 November 2015 (see TP15/61 ).

In view of the time that has elapsed, the Panel has made new interim orders to the same effect as the previous orders (see Annexures A and B).