July 20th, 2011 by MAGNUS

Less than two years after its formation, MAGNUS Investor Relations + Corporate Communication has debuted in mergermarket’s League Tables of PR and investor relations advisers for the first half of calendar 2011, following a busy start to the year across the company’s client base.

MAGNUS placed among Australia’s top 10 in the ‘League Table of PR Advisers’ based on the value of deals announced in the first half of calendar 2011, and among the top 20 firms across the broader Asia Pacific region, according to the latest figures released by mergermarket. Based on deal volume, MAGNUS also polled in the top 20 across Asia Pacific.

Transactions worked on by the MAGNUS team include New Hope’s successful A$238 million acquisition of Northern Energy, Catalpa Resources’ defence in response to an unsolicited offer from St Barbara, and Catalpa’s subsequent announced merger with Conquest Mining.

MAGNUS has also advised retained client Extract Resources Limited on a proposed offer for its major shareholder Kalahari Minerals plc, by China Guangdong Nuclear Power, and Cedar Woods Limited on a defence mandate in response to an unsolicited A$310 million takeover offer.

Since commencing operations in August 2009, MAGNUS has advised on more than A$10 billion of mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, capital raisings, divestments and trade sales.

MAGNUS Managing Director John Gardner said: “Our ranking among Australia’s largest communication advisers on M&A deals is evidence of the growth of our transaction capability and the strength of our referrer network in Australia.

“Transactions are one of our core focus areas and we plan to continue to grow our advisory business through the rest of 2011 and beyond.”

July 1st, 2011 by admin

In August 2011, MAGNUS Investor Relations + Corporate Communication will celebrate its second anniversary. Below is a brief video highlighting some of the company’s achievements over the past two years and the future outlook.

The MAGNUS team thanks all of the clients, referrers, suppliers and members of the media who we have worked with during the company’s first two years.