December 1997 decisions Man, Mackay and CSR join forces in sugar refining E. D. and F. Man New Zealand Ltd (a subsidiary of E. D.…
1997
Analysed decisions of the Overseas Investment Commission for 1997.
November 1997 decisions Rabobank buys Wrightson Farmers Finance Cooperatieve Centrale Ralffeisen Boerenleenbank BA, aka Rabobank, “a major banking cooperative based in the Netherlands” has approval…
October 1997 decisions Natural Gas Corporation may acquire remaining 30% of Natural Gas Waikato TThe privatised Natural Gas Corporation New Zealand Ltd, now owned, via…
September 1997 decisions Telecom buys out Ericsson’s cellphone operation Telecom New Zealand, a subsidiary of Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd, has approval to acquire…
August 1997 decisions AUSDOC of Australia buys express freight subsidiaries from Freightways Express Freight Services Ltd, owned by AUSDOC International Pty Ltd of Australia, has…
July 1997 decisions Freightways breaks up: sells CHEP to Brambles and Armourguard to Tyco Freightways Ltd is being broken up by its owner, Tappenden Holdings,…
May 1997 decisions Evergreen buys Fletcher’s forests in South Auckland and Coromandel … Evergreen Forests Limited, “approximately 46%“ owned by Xylem Fund I L.P., a…
April 1997 decisions Britomart Group consortium buys historic central Auckland land from Council Auckland’s controversial Britomart project resurfaces with the Britomart Group consortium being given…
March 1997 decisions Bunge and Goodman Fielder both get approval to take over Defiance Two decisions this month reflect an international struggle for the ownership…
February 1997 decisions Brierley buys TNT out of Union Shipping, merges it with Groupe Bollore Brierley Investments Ltd, this month has its first appearance since…
January 1997 decisions Barenbrug of the Netherlands buys Agriseeds Barenbrug Holdings B V of the Netherlands has approval to acquire up to 74% of Agriseeds…
January to December 1997 Overseas Investment Commission Decisions Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA Contents January 1997 decisions Barenbrug of the Netherlands buys Agriseeds AAPC…