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New Zealand Herald Business Editor Hamish Rutherford on Z Energy Looking to Australia
Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills
English - October 12, 2021 01:35 - 7 minutes - 6.6 MBDaily News News News Commentary Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
New Zealand's largest fuel company appears to be headed into Australian ownership as Z Energy's board of directors recommended its shareholders accept a marginally improved $2 billion offer from Ampol.
Structured as a scheme of the arrangement, the deal values Z Energy at around $2 billion, well down from the company's peak in 2016 when shares in Wellington-headquartered Z Energy traded at more than $8.50.
New Zealand Herald Business Editor Hamish Rutherford tell Nick Mills what this particular means for the Capital.
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