March 1996 decisions GWR of the UK buys Independent Broadcasting Group from Brierleys GWR Group Plc, a listed company of the U.K., and its subsidiary,…
Decisions
Analysis of the decisions of the Overseas Investment Commission 1994-2004 inclusive and the Overseas Investment Office decisions 2006 onwards as well as the transition year of 2005.
February 1996 decisions This is the first full month under the criteria of the Overseas Investment Amendment Act passed last year. Unsurprisingly, although the new…
January 1996 decisions New law comes into effect Note that the new regulations under the Overseas Investment Amendment Act 1995 came into effect on 15…
January to December 1996 Overseas Investment Commission Decisions Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA Contents January 1996 decisions New law comes into effect Hansol of…
December 1995 decisions National Australia Bank takes control of BNZ Finance Having bought the Bank of New Zealand, the biggest bank in Aotearoa, in 1992,…
November 1995 decisions Kenmare of U.S.A. takes over APV Moffat In a decision initially almost completely suppressed, Moffat Ltd, controlled by the Sullivan family of…
October 1995 decisions Kraft products and assets sold to Heinz/Watties From one transnational to another … Kraft General Foods New Zealand Ltd, a subsidiary of…
September 1995 decisions TransAlta takes control of EnergyDirect TransAlta Energy Corporation of Canada subsidiary TEC Utilities Ltd gained approval this month to take a further…
August 1995 decisions Telecom shareholding in Sky approved despite dominance concerns The highly contentious proposal by Telecom Corporation of New Zealand to purchase its U.S.…
July 1995 decisions This month reports the largest number of OIC decisions since we started analysing them in December 1989: 63, including eight deletions. However,…
June 1995 decisions O’Reilly’s Independent Newspapers takes over Wilson and Horton Biggest story this month is the sale of the last remaining major newspaper owner…
May 1995 decisions Transnational drugs companies, Glaxo and Wellcome merge Most significant news this month is the merging and “world wide integration” of the drug…
April 1995 decisions This is the by far the smallest number of decisions for April since 1990: 15 decisions compared to between 24 and 50…
March 1995 decisions Electricorp sells maintenance subsidiary, Powermark, to GEC Alsthom A little publicised privatisation features this month. The Electricity Corporation has sold its maintenance…
February 1995 decisions Sea Shuttles owner increases shareholding The ill-fated Cook Strait fast ferry venture, Sea Shuttles (NZ) Ltd features this month. Its 60%…