Our Experience

Global Proxy Solicitation has no peers in Australia in terms of absolute experience, knowledge, resources and success.  Our clients include Australian and global large, mid and small cap companies, activist funds and dissident investors.

Our principals have acted in more than 300 bids, defences, schemes, proxy fights and corporate actions.  Since 2007 we’ve participated in Australian and cross-border transactions valued at over $292 billion, making us the leading proxy solicitation firm in the region and the first choice for many of the leading investment banks, hedge funds and issuers.

Some of these include:

• ABB Grain merger with Viterra         • Adelaide Bank acquisition proposal from Bendigo Bank • Alinta acquisition proposal from Babcock & Brown/Singapore Power • AngloGold Ashanti Rights Issue • ANZ’s takeover offer for E*Trade Australia minorities • APN News & Media’s acquisition proposal from the INM Consortium • Asciano Limited defensive strategies • Ausdrill defence of McMahon Holdings bid • Auspine defence of Gunns bid • Babcock and Brown Power Annual General Meeting • Bank of Queensland proposed merger with Bendigo Bank • BG Group plc bid for Origin Energy • BG Group plc bid for Pure Energy Resources Limited • BG Group plc on market offer for Queensland Gas • BHPB intention to bid for Rio Tinto  • Brandrill merger with Ausdrill • Bumi Resources bid for Herald Resources • Centro Retail Trust and Centro Shopping America Trust merger • Cephalon bid for Arana Therapeutics • Coates Hire buyout from National Hire/Carlyle Group • Consensus proxy fight for Challenger Infrastructure Group • Cooper Energy bid for Incremental Petroleum • Cumnock Coal capital reduction • Drillsearch bid for 3D Oil Limited • Ellerston Gems Fund General Meeting 2008 • Everest Babcock and Brown 2008 General Meeting & Exchange Offer • Gloucester Coal defence of Noble Group bid

• Guinness Peat Group on-market bid for Gosford Quarries • Guinness Peat Group proxy solicitation AV Jennings General Meeting • Guinness Peat Group partial takeover of Tandou Limited • IAG indicative bid from QBE • Indophil’s bid for Lion Selection • Indophil’s defence of Xstrata’s bid • Investa’s acquisition proposal from Morgan Stanley Real Estate • IPN/Sonic merger scheme • Just Group defence of Premier Investments bid • Lion Nathan merger scheme with Kirin • Macquarie Airports management internalisation • Minemakers bid for Bonaparte Diamond Mines • MMC Contrarian General Meeting • Oxiana Annual General Meeting proxy vote solicitation • Pallinghurst bid for Consolidated Minerals • Seven Proxy fight for WAN Board seats • Sinosteel bid for Midwest • Summit Resources defence of Paladin Resources bid • Symbion Health acquisition proposal from Healthscope • Toro Energy bid for Nova Energy • Traffic Technologies General Meeting • Van Eyk Three Pillars General Meeting • Village Roadshow bid for Sydney Attractions Group • Wesfarmers acquisition of Coles Group Limited • Westpac/St George merger proposal • Xstrata Coal bid for Resorce Pacific • Xstrata Nickel bid for Jubilee Mines • Zinifex bid for Allegiance Mining • Zinifex/Oxiana merger

Other transactions managed by our key executives

Airline Partners bid for Qantas
Hardman Resources/ Tullow Oil merger scheme
Alinta /AGL merger of assets
SvitzerWijsmuller bid for Adsteam Marine
Rural Press/Fairfax merger scheme
SFE/ASX merger scheme
Cemex bid for Rinker
PBL bid for Burswood
Promina/Suncorp merger scheme
Smorgon/Onesteel merger scheme
Robert Bosch bid for Pacifica
Wesfarmers bid for Oamps
DCA Group buyout by scheme
Toll Group bid for Patrick
Tabcorp bid for Unitab
Origin Energy/ Contact Energy merger scheme
BBI/APA bid for Gasnet
Mt Gibson Iron bid for Aztec Resources
Allco bids for Baycorp, Wattle
Rank Group bids for Goodman Fielder, Burns Philp & Carter Holt Harvey
Fosters’ bid for SouthCorp
Woolworths’ bid for Australian Hospitality
Metcash bid for Foodland
HBOS / BankWest Merger
Tabcorp bid for TAB
Coca Cola Amatil merger with SPC Ardmona
Westfield Group trusts consolidation
Deutsche Property trusts consolidation
Tower Australian Wealth Management spin-off
APN bid for Wilson & Horton
Macquarie Goodman Management/Industrial Trust merger
Optus bid for Alphawest
Seven Network share buyback
Allco bids for Baycorp & Wattyl
Acciona SA bid for pacific Hydro
Colonial/CBA merger
Centro merger with Prime
Xstrata’s bid for WMC
BRL Hardy merger with Constellation Brands
Sims Group/Hugo Neu merger scheme
United Energy restructure
Luxottica bid for OPSM
Xstrata’s merger with MIM