Marsden Maritime Holdings Limited
Transaction Type: Scheme of arrangement
Offeror / Other Party: Northport Group Limited
Independent Adviser(s): Grant Samuel & Associates Limited
Date of meeting: 29/05/2025
On 24 February 2025, Marsden Maritime Holdings Limited (Marsden), an NZX-listed Code company, entered into a scheme implementation agreement (the Proposed Scheme), under which Northport Group Limited (on behalf of a consortium composed of Northland Regional Council, Port of Tauranga Limited, and Ngāpuhi Investment Fund Limited) would acquire 100% of the fully paid ordinary shares in Marsden for consideration of $5.60 per share.
On 29 May 2025, Marsden shareholders voted to approve the Proposed Scheme. The High Court granted final orders on 11 June 2025. The Proposed Scheme was implemented, and Marsden was delisted from the NZX, on 26 June 2025.
Grant Samuel & Associates Limited prepared the independent adviser’s report on the merits of the transaction.