Mergers and Acquisitions 

- what we have done

 

 

JGL Investments

 

Disposal of

 

The assets and business of Raymond Australia

 

to

 

Toyota Industries Corporation of Australia

 

Hill Young & Associates advised JGL Investments

 

 

Vision Australia Foundation

 

Disposal of its

 

Residential Care Division (Four Aged Care facilities)

 

to

 

Ellis Residential Care

 

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Vision Australia

 

 

Yates Limited

 

Disposal of

 

Yates Botanicals

 

to

 

RAMM Botanicals

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Yates

 

 

Six Continents plc

 

Disposal of

 

Crown Plaza Hotel, Vanuatu

 

to

 

Warwick International Hotels

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Six Continents

 

 

HIH’s Liquidator

 

Disposal of

 

FAI Finance Corporation Pty Limited

 

to

 

Australian Finance Direct Pty (NZ) Ltd

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Liquidator of HIH

 

 

HIH’s Liquidator

 

Disposal of

 

FAI Finance Corporation (NZ) Limited

 

to

 

Elders Finance New Zealand

 

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Liquidator of HIH

 

 

HIH’s Liquidator

 

 

Disposal of

 

HIH Premium Funding

 

 

to

 

Pacific Premium Pty Ltd

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Liquidator of HIH

 

 

Woolworth’s

 

 

Disposal of

 

Chisholm Packaging and Chisholm Printing

 

to

 

Management Buy-out Group

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Management Buyout Group

 

 

Far East Consortium/ Irvin Rockman

 

Disposal of

 

Rockman’s Regency Hotel

 

to

 

Commonwealth Property Fund/ Marriott Hotels

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Far East Consortium/ Irvin Rockman

 

 

Mayne Nickless

 

 

Public takeover offer for

 

Australian Hospital Care Limited

 

by

 

Mayne Nickless Limited

 

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Australian Hospital Care

 

 

Boral

 

Disposal of

 

Boral Tyres Group

 

to

 

Bridgestone Australia

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Boral Limited

 

 

Gazal Corporation

 

Disposal of

 

Mambo Graphics

 

to

 

Gazal Corporation

 

Hill Young & Associates

advised founders of Mambo Graphics

 

 

American Standard Companies (USA)

 

Disposal of

 

Atlas Building Services

(Air conditioning)

 

to

 

Management Buy-Out led by Catalyst Investments

 

Hill Young & Associates advised MBO Team

 

 

CTS Travel

 

 

Disposal of

 

CTS Travel Pty Ltd

 

 

to

 

Internet Travel Group Limited (on its Initial Public Offering)

 

Hill Young & Associates advised CTS Travel

 

 

Greater Union and Private Group

 

Disposal of

 

Fun and Games family Leisure Centres

 

to

 

Village Nine Leisure

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Greater Union Organisation

 

 

InterQuest

 

 

Disposal of

 

InterQuest Pty Ltd

(IT Recruitment)

 

to

 

TMP Worldwide USA

 

Hill Young & Associates advised InterQuest

 

 

Private Investor

 

Disposal of

 

The Golden Door Health Retreat. QLD

 

to

 

Cypress Lakes Group

 

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Private Investor

 

 

Laverty Pathology

 

Disposal of

 

Laverty Pathology

 

 

to

 

Health Care of Australia (division of Mayne Nickless)

 

Hill Young & Associates advised owners of Laverty Pathology

 

 

Private Family

 

Disposal of

 

Hurstville Private Nursing Home

 

 

to

 

Moran Health Care Group

 

Hill Young & Associates

advised private family

 

 

Howard Smith

 

Acquisition of

 

NZ Safety Limited and Allsafe Safety Industries Pty Ltd

 

by

 

Howard Smith Limited

 

Hill Young & Associates

advised Howard Smith

 

 

Ziehl-ebm Australia (Germany)

 

Disposal of

 

Torins Fans & Blowers

 

 

to

 

Ziehl-ebm Australia

 

Hill Young & Associates

advised Torins Fans & Blowers

 

 

Private Family

 

Disposal of

 

AAT Kings

(Coach operator)

 

to

 

Trafalgar Group (Bermuda)

 

Hill Young & Associates advised the private owners of AAT Kings

 

 

FAI Insurances

 

Disposal of

 

FAI First Mortgage Pty Ltd (33.3%)

 

to

 

The Mortgage Corporation (Westpac)

 

Hill Young & Associates advised FAI Insurances

 

 

Private Group

 

Disposal of

 

Diagnostic Pathology

 

 

to

 

Alpha Healthcare

 

 

Hill Young & Associates advised owners of Diagnostic Pathology

 

 

Healthscope

 

Disposal of

 

Warrangatta Private Hospital

 

to

 

Health Care of Australia (division of Mayne Nickless)

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Healthscope

 

 

Australian Hospital Care

 

Acquisition of

 

Allamanda Private Hospital

 

from

 

Private Family

 

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Australian Hospital Care

 

 

Pacific Dunlop

 

Disposal of

 

Pacific Dunlop Industrial Footwear Group

 

to

 

OPSM Protector

 

Hill Young & Associates advised OPSM Protector

 

 

Private Family

 

Disposal of

 

Australian Artimports

(Gold jewellery wholesale)

 

to

 

Private Group

 

Hill Young & Associates advised owners of Australian Artimports

 

 

Universal Retailers Australia

 

Disposal of

 

Prouds and Goldmark

(Jewellery retailing)

 

to

 

James Pascoe NZ (Angus & Coote)

 

Hill Young & Associates advised the Administrators of Universal Retailers

 

 

BTR Group

 

Disposal of

 

Investment in Flyash Australia

 

 

to

 

Australian Cement Holdings

 

 

Hill Young & Associates advised BTR

 

 

 

BTR Group

 

Disposal of

 

Australian Concrete Admixers

 

 

 

to

 

WR Grace Inc

 

Hill Young & Associates advised BTR

 

 

BTR Group

 

Disposal of

 

Australian Industrial Grouts, Bagged Cement and Speciality Sands

 

to

 

Boral

 

Hill Young & Associates advised BTR

 

 

BTR Group

 

Disposal of

 

Australian Readymix Concrete Business

 

to

 

Boral

 

Hill Young & Associates advised BTR

 

 

The Knowles Group

 

Disposal of

 

Avenue Private Hospital

 

 

to

 

Australian Hospital Care Group

 

Hill Young & Associates advised the Knowles Group

 

 

Mobil Oil

 

Disposal of

 

Mt Marrow Blue Metal Quarries (50%)

 

to

 

Barro Group

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Mobil Oil

 

 

Private Family

 

Disposal of

 

CDA Group (knitted textiles)

 

 

to

 

Austrim

 

Hill Young & Associates advised the Private Family

 

 

Founding Families

 

 

Disposal of

 

Holdings in Austral Refrigeration

 

to

 

Kysor Industrial Corp

 

Hill Young & Associates

advised private owners of Austral Refrigeration

 

 

Sportsgirl/Sportscraft MBO Group

 

Acquisition of

 

Sportsgirl Sportscraft Group

 

from

 

Bardas Family

 

Hill Young & Associates advised MBO group (including Wooltru of South Africa)

 

 

BTR Group

 

Disposal of

 

Hawker Noyes Underground Coal Mining Division

 

to

 

Boart Longyear (Anglo American Group of SA)

 

Hill Young & Associates

advised BTR

 

 

BTR Nylex Group

 

Disposal of

 

Ness Security Products

(domestic security systems)

 

to

 

MBO Group

 

 

Hill Young & Associates

advised BTR Nylex

 

 

BTR Group

 

Disposal of

 

Hawker Noyes Metals (Aluminium Extrusion)

 

to

 

Ullrich Aluminium (NZ)

 

Hill Young & Associates advised BTR

 

 

Private Group/ CitiBank

 

Disposal of

 

Big J Windows

 

 

to

 

Private Group

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Private Group/CitiBank

 

 

Private Group

 

Acquisition of

 

Guild Security

(Security alarm monitoring)

 

from

 

James Hardie

 

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Private Group

 

 

Northrock Group

 

Disposal of

 

Rockman’s Regency Hotel

 

 

to

 

Far East Consortium International (HK)

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Northrock

 

 

Bank of New Zealand

 

Acquisition of

 

Ariadne Australia (14.9%)

(shareholding in public company)

 

from

 

Malaysian Investors

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Bank of New Zealand

 

 

 


 

Equity Raisings and Private Equity

 

 

 

 

Intrapac Group Pty Ltd

 

Private Equity

 

to raise $6 million

 

for a major land subdivision project of 370 lots in Doreen, Victoria

 

Hill Young & Associates raised equity through private clients

 

 

Australian Hospital Care Limited

 

Initial Public Offering

 

to raise $40 million

 

and listing on the Australian Stock Exchange

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Australian Hospital Care

 

 

Australian Hospital Care Limited

 

Private Placement

of

 

$45million

 

to Peremeba, a major Malaysian property Group

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Australian Hospital Care

 

 

Australian Hospital Care Group

 

Private Placement

 

 

 

 

Secured the placement of $25 million (50% of the equity) to Jamieson Equity

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Australian Hospital Care Group

 

 

Jagar Pty Ltd

 

 

Private Placement

 

as part of $20 million

 

Listed PIPES (Property Income Participating Equity Securities) to fund re-development of Arnott’s Biscuit Factory in Homebush

 

Hill Young & Associates placed portion with private clients

 

 

The Ink Group NV

 

 

Strategic Equity Investment

 

 

 

Restructuring and securing a strategic equity investments from Gibsons Greetings of US

 

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Ink Group

 

 

Concrete Constructions Group

 

Private Equity

 

Introduced Walter Bau AG of Germany as strategic investor for $44 million of new equity

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Concrete Constructions

 

 

The Ink Group NV

 

Strategic Equity Investment

 

Secured $5 million strategic equity investment from Swiss Investment Company

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Ink Group

 

 

Northrock Group

 

Strategic Equity Investment

 

Restructuring and securing $20 million equity investment from Far East Consortium of Hong Kong

 

Hill Young & Associates advised NorthrockGroup

 

 

 

 


 

Debt Raisings and Restructurings

 

 

Powerlift Australia

 

Lease financing facility

 

Raising of $20 million with NAB as financing facility for Powerlift’s $80 million forklift truck rental fleet

 

Hill Young & Associates advised Powerlift

 

 

Agnes Water

 

Mezzanine loan

 

Raising of $2.1 million second mortgage loan as part of a financing of apartment development

 

Hill Young & Associates raised mezzanine loan through private clients

 

 

Intermedia Group

 

Bank Loan

 

 

Arranged $1.0 million bank loan as part of a refinancing of lending arrangements

 

Hill Young & Associates raised mezzanine loan through private clients

 

 

Private Property Investor

 

Restructure of Borrowing Arrangements

 

associated with a $25 million apartment development site on Manly Beach, NSW

 

Hill Young & Associates led the restructuring

 

 

Private Property Group

 

 

$17.0 million senior debt finance

 

Construction funding for the Heritage Golf Project in the Yarra Valley

 

Hill Young & Associates arranged the debt funding

 

 

Werrington Shopping Centre, Newcastle

 

Mezzanine loan

 

Raising second mortgage loan for a shopping centre valued at $21 million

 

Hill Young & Associates raised mezzanine loan through private clients

 

 

Broadcast Media Group

 

Refinancing and additional facilities totalling $41 million

 

to purchase additional radio stations

 

 

Hill Young & Associates arranged refinancing

 

 

Corporate Media Publications

 

Refinancing and additional facilities

 

for refinancing of specialised corporate publishing business

 

Hill Young & Associates arranged debt funding

 

 

Australian Hospital Care Limited

 

$120 million Medium Term Facilities

 

from the Commonwealth Bank

 

 

Hill Young & Associates arranged facilities

 

 

Jagar Group/Pelorus

 

$12million debt and mezzanine financing package

 

for purchase of Arnott’s Biscuit factory in Homebush

 

Hill Young & Associates raised the loan through private clients

 

 

Concrete Constructions Group

 

$85 million Restructuring and compromise

 

with the South Australia Asset Management Corporation and refinancing the Cairns Radisson Hotel

 

Hill Young & Associates led the restructuring

 

 

Northrock Group

 

$70 million Medium Term Facilities from ANZ

 

to fund the development of the Rockman's Regency Towers

 

 

Hill Young & Associates arranged facilities