BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.3B
- Public
- AU
Dow Jones Description
Pathology & Diagnostic Imaging Services; Pharmaceutical Products Whslr
CEO & Managing Director
Robert CookeNumber of Employees 10,681
Peer Companies
NAICS Code All Other Health and Personal Care Stores: 446199
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Sigma to make a play for API?
Byline: Bruce Atkinson Jul 05, 2007 (Inside Retailing - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There is speculation about a possible takeover bid for Australian Pharmaceutical Industries API. The pharmaceutical wholesaler and retailer reported a disappointing result for the 2006-07 fiscal year. Sigma Pharmaceuticals may...
Healthscope feels market squeeze as merger prescription gets a dose of pressure.
Byline: Stephen Bartholomeusz Jul 05, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Healthscope's falling share price could jeopardise its $A1bn scheme-of-arrangement merger with Symbion Health. The cash-and-scrip deal was struck when Healthscope shares were trading at $A5.80. It was conditional on their ...
Hedge funds tread fine line with Healthscope's share price.
Byline: Stephen Bartholomeusz Jul 05, 2007 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Healthscope's falling share price could jeopardise its $A1bn scheme-of-arrangement merger with Symbion Health. The cash-and-scrip deal was struck when Healthscope shares were trading at $A5.80. It was conditional...
Sonic may win if health rivals merge.
Byline: Fiona Tyndall Jul 03, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Analysts say Australian-listed Sonic Healthcare may benefit from the merger of rival Symbion Health and Healthscope. They believe changes required by the merger may influence referrers to switch from...
ASA supports Symbion's decision on Sigma's late bid.
Byline: Nabila Ahmed Jun 21, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Symbion Health's decision to reject a late bid has the support of the Australian Shareholders' Association ASA. Sigma Pharmaceuticals topped the offer made by private equity groups, Ironbridge and Archer Capital,...
Health care ripe for rationalisation.
Byline: Fiona Tyndall Jun 21, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Merger activity in Australia's health care sector is likely to intensify following the $A2.8bn takeover bid for Symbion Health. There is the potential for Sigma Pharmaceuticals to make...
Symbion Health battle takes new twist.
Byline: Fiona Tyndall Jun 20, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Sigma Pharmaceuticals is still trying to take control of Symbion Health's consumer and pharmacy businesses. However it has been told its improved offer may not be accepted. On 20...
Symbion decision has Sigma fuming.
Byline: Nabila Ahmed Jun 20, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A war of words has erupted between the heads of Symbion Health and Sigma Pharmaceuticals. Elmo de Alwis, MD of Sigma, says its fellow Australian health care sector company should accept...
Privateers nab Symbion for $1 more.
Byline: Teresa Ooi Jun 20, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Sigma Pharmaceuticals appears to have no option but to concede defeat in the takeover battle for Symbion Health. The Australian company is selling its pharmacy and consumer products businesses prior to...
Symbion in line for a knockout.
Byline: Nabila Ahmed Jun 19, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Private equity groups could win Symbion Health's pharmacy business with a higher offer. Healthscope's $A2.8 billion bid for Symbion included a $A1.043 billion offer by Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital for...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Robert Cooke | CEO & Managing Director |
| John Hickey | CFO |
| Michael Guerin | Chief Medical Officer |
| Paul Andrew Binfield | CFO |
| Peter John Fleming | CIO |
| Peter Lindsay Jenkins | Chief Development Officer |
| Tim Roper | CIO |
| Robert Barnes | General Manager, Symbion Consumer |
| Stuart Bruce James | Managing Director |
| Alan Reid | Group General Manager, Pharmaceuticals |
| Caroline Ingham | Manager, Ir |
| David Benjamin Cranwell | Group General Manager |
| Jeffrey Wayne Pearce | Group General Manager |
| Jenny Williams | Manager, HR |
| Larry Hamson | Group General Manager, Corp Relations |
| Neil Rodaway | Group General Manager |
| Wayne Johnston | Group Finance Controller |
| Karen Kee | Secretary |
| Timothy Paine | General Counsel & Secretary |
| Ian D. Blackburne | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Greg Gardiner | Chairman |
| Judith Sloan | Board of Directors |
| Nora Scheinkestel | Board of Directors |
| Paul McClintock | Board of Directors |
| Peter John Willcox | Board of Directors |
| Rowan Mcrae Russell | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | CEO & Managing Director | Current |
| Symbion Health Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | CFO | Current |
| Symbion Health Limited | Group General Manager, Strategy & Business Dev | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Chief Medical Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | CFO | Current |
| Symbion Health Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | CIO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Chief Development Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | CIO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | General Manager, Symbion Consumer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Managing Director | Current |
| Symbion Health Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Group General Manager, Pharmaceuticals | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Manager, Ir | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Group General Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Group General Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Manager, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Group General Manager, Corp Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Group General Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Group Finance Controller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | General Counsel & Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Chairman | Current |
Dr. Ian D. Blackburne, Director, has over 25 years experience in petroleum refining and marketing, and in March 2000 he retired as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Caltex Australia Limited, a large petroleum refining and marketing conglomerate based in Australia. He is currently serving as Chairman of CSR Limited and is a director of Suncorp-Metway Ltd. and Symbion Health Limited, Australian public companies in the diversified industrial and financial sectors. Dr. Blackburne is also the Chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Director | Current |
| Teekay Shipping Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Suncorp-Metway Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Colortone Audio-Visual Staging | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Symbion Health Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Symbion Health Limited | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Symbion Health Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
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