ASX Announcements
Application for quotation of securities - SIG
Appendix 2A (Application for Quotation of Securities)
- Dec 19, 2023
- 5 pages
Market Sensitive
Retail Offer Booklet and Letters to Retail Shareholders
Company Presentation, Non-Renounceable Issue, Letter to Shareholders
- Dec 18, 2023
- 284 pages
This Month
EY cuts poor performing, misbehaving partners
More than 40 partners have left big four consulting firm EY in the second half of 2023, more than half because of poor performance, or behaviour issues.
- Edmund Tadros
AFR Business People of the Year | What CEOs want | Inside Chemist Warehouse
In this week’s episode, James and Anthony take a deep dive into what CEOs want to see from Anthony Albanese in 2024 and discuss the astounding Chemist Warehouse deal.
Inside the Chemist Warehouse franchisee world
There are over 200 managing partners who are shareholders in the discount chain. They are all ambitious pharmacy owners, many with multiple sites.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Chemist Warehouse deal just part of David Di Pilla’s big plan
In helping to bring the retail giant and Sigma together, he is playing the long game and hopes to create a “mini Blackstone” in Australia.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Sigma’s 40pc pop: a FOMO story on a Chemist Warehouse scale
Too bad Chemist Warehouse came just as investors are winding down for Christmas. Can the FOMO survive the break?
- Anthony Macdonald
HMC Capital opens back door to Sigma-Chemist Warehouse deal
Street Talk understands about 80 brokers tuned in for a lunchtime briefing from the asset manager on Wednesday.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
David Di Pilla’s lucky streak at Sigma
Di Pilla’s HMC will emerge with a board seat and around 3 per cent of the new company, should the deal go through
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Sigma could shed customers after Chemist Warehouse merger
The deal, creating an $8.8 billion retail and wholesaling giant, could even be blocked by competition regulators, according to analysts at Morningstar.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Tom Richardson
Sigma’s advisers kept Chemist Warehouse close
Sigma’s board no doubt pushed for as good a deal as they could get. The motivations of their advisers, though, are complex.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
‘Like Bunnings’: Fund managers bullish on Chemist Warehouse
Investors are optimistic that the pharmacy chain is among the best retailers in the country, and has enough room to grow at home to justify its valuation.
- Tom Richardson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Chemist Warehouse creates a quandary for fund managers
The structure of Chemist Warehouse’s deal with Sigma means fund managers who like the growth story face tough decisions on when and how to get a slice of the action.
- Updated
- James Thomson
How David Di Pilla dreamt up the Chemist Warehouse deal over sushi
Five months ago, over a sushi dinner at Melbourne’s Nobu, Sigma boss Vikesh Ramsunder and his major shareholder David Di Pilla were toasting a win. Then the lightbulb moment hit.
- Aaron Weinman
Chemist Warehouse duo to climb Rich List after Sigma deal
Documents associated with the merger, which will create a retail giant, show for the first time the precise shareholdings of Jack Gance and Mario Verrocchi.
- Michael Bailey
- Updated
- Mergers & acquisitions
Chemist Warehouse’s 100-year plan to be the next Walgreens
Chemist Warehouse CEO Mario Verrocchi says the retailer could become the next Walgreens or Boots and expand rapidly overseas after becoming an $8.8 billion ASX-listed pharmacy giant.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The 100-year dream that powers Chemist Warehouse
The company is on the verge of achieving a 50-year dream with the $8.8 billion Sigma merger. It insists there’s plenty of growth to come.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Chemist Warehouse boss targets growth of ‘infinity and beyond’
Mario Verrocchi, one of the billionaire founders of the pharmacy chain, says international expansion will be a key focus for the company as it joins the ASX.
- Simon Evans
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Chemist Warehouse deal will make Sigma stock a global attraction
The deal name, Project Orbit, says it all. Hats off to this sleepy wholesaler for rocketing into the large-cap universe and catching the eye of US giants.
- Anthony Macdonald
Chemist Warehouse top brass to remain in Sigma merger
The drug wholesaler and distributor took the weekend to hammer out the last details of the reverse takeover by the pharmacy giant.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Influential pharmacy lobby comes out against Chemist Warehouse deal
The Pharmacy Guild says the proposed reverse listing of the company into Sigma, creating an $8 billion giant, posed “significant questions and risks”.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Eight-year quest to float Chemist Warehouse ends abruptly
Missing Chemist Warehouse’s IPO would be a career limiting move. But when the whole street misses it, play on.
- Anthony Macdonald
