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Wellington Capital PIF/Octaviar (MFS) PIF

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/bus...orda-under-fire-on-advice-20140530-397tg.html

One of Australia's best-known insolvency practitioners, KordaMentha partner Mark Korda, has been accused of giving substandard advice to failed investment group Octaviar in the run-up to its collapse in September 2008.

In a lawsuit filed with the Queensland Supreme Court, the liquidators of two companies in the Octaviar group accuse KordaMentha's advisory arm, 333 Capital, of breach of duty and misleading or deceptive conduct.

The claim is based on advice given by Mr Korda to directors of Octaviar, formerly known as MFS, at a series of board meetings from late January 2008.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/inso...e-on-advice-20140530-397tg.html#ixzz343Dh3OyK
 
http://www.nsxa.com.au/ftp/news/021728603.PDF

 
Latest CA update/orders

No: (P)NSD324/2009
Federal Court of Australia
District Registry: New South Wales
Division: General

CHARLES HODGES & MARK HODGES AS TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLES HODGES SUPERANNUATION FUND and another
Plaintiff

ANDREA JANE WATERS and others
Defendant

ORDER

REGISTRAR:

Registrar Ng
DATE OF ORDER:

11 June 2014
WHERE MADE:

Sydney


THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The Subpoenas addressed to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KordaMentha Pty Ltd and 333 Capital Pty Ltd (all issued on 25 March 2014) be stood over until 9:30am on Wednesday, 25 June 2014.

Date that entry is stamped:
 
MANTRA REVIVES $449M FLOAT

Written on the 11 June 2014 by Nick Nichols
MANTRA REVIVES $449M FLOAT
MANTRA Group, buoyed by surging global share markets, has taken a second stab at listing on the Australian Securities Exchange through a $449 million float.

The Surfers Paradise-based accommodation provider has launched its prospectus to raise $239.1 million through the issue of 132.8 million shares at $1.80 each.

This represents 53 per cent of the company’s issued capital.

The move will amount to a partial sell-down by majority shareholders CVC Asia Pacific and UBS who will retain a 43.3 per cent interest in the company after listing.

Management, including CEO Bob East, will hold a 3.5 per cent stake and all shares owned by the major shareholders will be held in escrow until June 30, 2015.

The quickfire IPO will see Mantra shares trading on the ASX as early as June 20.

The retail offer opened yesterday and closes on June 17.

According to the prospectus, Mantra Group will be trading on a multiple of 12.7 times 2015 net profit, based on the issue price.

Mantra carried net debt of $89.1 million at the end of December last year and the proceeds of the float will be applied to a partial paydown of that debt.

The company expects to pay its first dividend in March 2015 with a targeted dividend ratio of between 70 and 80 per cent of after-tax net profit.

The prospectus reveals Mantra Group’s revenue has grown from $396.2 million in the 2011 financial year to $424.4 million in 2013 in a rising tourism market.

It is forecasting revenue of $450.1 million this financial year and a jump to $490.9 million in 2015.

Net Profit after Tax in the 2013 financial year landed at $24.6 million, while NPAT this financial year is expected to be $27.4 million, climbing to $32.6 million in 2015.

East was not immediately available for comment, but the Mantra boss has previously revealed to Gold Coast Business News his ambitions to grow the business in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mantra has expanded into Fiji and Indonesia, which East says will be the focus of offshore growth initially.

Mantra Group has 113 properties in its portfolio and manages more than 11,600 rooms through its three brands – Peppers, Mantra and BreakFree.

The company is the Gold Coast’s largest accommodation provider and is ranked number two across Australia.

The public listing marks a return of sorts for the business to the stock exchange.

While it was once part of the failed MFS Group until 2008, Mantra also retains assets that were once held by former listed Gold Coast companies S8 Group, headed by Chris Scott, and BreakFree Resorts, headed by Tony Smith.

Mantra Group earlier this year took a tilt at its first public listing since CVC Asia Pacific bought the company from liquidators to MFS, but the plan was abandoned after a lukewarm reception from institutional investors.
At the time, East said a share market float was likely to be revisited by the company’s owners later in the year.
 
Just received a email.

PIF Class Action - In Principle Settlement

Another step in a long process hope I am allowed to post this good news.
 
Former MFS boss Aquis project manager

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AN65-3-News-Michael-KingMichael King has been employed by Hong Kong billionaire Tony Fung as his project manager for the proposed $8.15 billion Aquis resort-casino at Yorkeys Knob in North Queensland.

Mr King was the co-founder of the MFS tourism group that collapsed in early 2008 owing about $2.5 billion.

Octaviar Ltd (formerly MFS Ltd) is an Australian investment company in the funds management and financial services sectors. The company, once valued at $2.4 billion was forced to sell its main asset, the Stella Group (now trading well as the Mantra Group), in February 2008.

On August 1, 2009 the company was placed into liquidation.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission commenced civil proceedings in the Queensland Supreme Court against five former officers and three subsidiary companies of the formerly-listed MFS Ltd, now known as Octaviar. The Supreme Court trial for the matter has been ongoing, to be heard again next month in Brisbane.

ASIC named the defendants in the matter as the former chief executive and director of MFS Ltd and MFS Investment Management, Michael King, deputy chief executive Craig White, the former chief executive of MFS Investment Management, Guy Hutchings, the former chief financial officer and company secretary of MFS Ltd, David Anderson, and a former fund manager with MFSIM, Marilyn Watts.

Aquis' Justin Fung said, “Michael is a project manager who has helped us gain access to networks in Australia,’’ he said. “We’ve found him to be extremely effective and a good character.”
 
hi is any body on this page any more to read updates on ARL..
 
Hi all WELLINGTON CAPITAL **PIF ***OCTAVIAR ***MSF**
Are you still there??????Like to hear from you!!!
All news is good
 
A huge congratulations to the moderator of this board for re-opening this thread. This discussion is actually what brought me to become a regular reader of this board.

I've never owned any shares in any company associated with the drama around this AFAIK. I admit I had G8 Education on my watch list for a long while but never found a good reason to enter.

I don't know what else to contribute except to say that:

be conservative,

follow your gut,

listen, look,

sleep on any major decision.
 
ASS Shares are on the way up, still worth stuff all in the grand scheme of things considering the huge consolidation we were lumped with by current management ARL who have not made a single acquisition that I am aware of or a distribution of any kind.
 
I agree!!!
 
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