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holdings
This
listing is indicative only. It embraces entities wholly
and partly owned by the family.
Packer family interests encompass -
As
of mid 2004 the family was believed to hold around 36%
of Publishing & Broadcasting Limited (PBL) and 25%
of Challenger Financial Services Group. The stake in PBL
is expected to increase to 39.1% through CPH's sale of
Hoyts to PBL and WAN.
Print
PBL's Australian Consolidated Press (ACP)
magazine titles (inc those licensed from other publishers)
include
Australian
Women's Weekly
English Woman's Weekly
New Zealand Woman's Day
NW
Take 5
Woman's Day
Women's Lifestyle
Bride To Be
Cleo
Cosmopolitan
Dolly
Good Medicine
Harper’s BAZAAR
Practical Parenting
SHE
She’s Having A Baby
Australian Playstation 2 Magazine
Official Aust. PlayStation
Ralph
Disney Adventures
Winnie The Pooh
Australian Gourmet Traveller
Australian Table
Qantas - The Australian Way
SimplyLite
The Wine Magazine
Lifestyle Home/Garden
Australian House & Garden
belle
Burke’s Backyard
4x4 Australia
Australian Auto Action
Australian Motorcycle News
Caravan World
Motor
Street Machine
Wheels
Money
The Bulletin
Australian Personal Computer
PC User
People
The Picture
The Picture Premium
Harness Racing Weekly
Inside Edge Inside
Rugby League Week
Foxtel
Television and film
PBL's free to air broadcast and cable holdings include
Nine
network free-to-air television stations in Sydney, Melbourne,
Darwin and Brisbane - majority stake
25% of Foxtel cable
25% of FoxtelSports
Sky News Australia
20.7%
in New Regency Productions - US film/tv production
Television & Media Services - production
Cinemas
Packer's CPH had a 98.7% stake in Hoyts
Cinemas (sold to PBL and WAN in December 2004) -
Hoyts
Australia - exhibition (and distribution
Hoyts New Zealand
Val
Morgan Cinema Advertising
minor exhibition and distribution interests in South
America and the Middle East
Prior
to disposals following acquisition by CPH in 1999 the
cinema group had screens in the UK, Germany, Poland, Mexico
and the US
PBL
has a 5% stake in Regal
Entertainment (c6,000 screens)
technology
The family had a holding of around 30% in CPH Investment
Corp (the vehicle formerly used for the stake in Fairfax)
which had stakes in
Endeavour Health Care Limited
Future Fibre Technologies Pty Ltd - fibre optic technology
Comindico Holdings Pty Ltd - integrated data and voice
telephony services
QPSX Ltd - switching technology
Q-Vis Ltd - medical laser technology
Acxiom - US-based direct-marketing
7% of underlying equity in Huntsman chemicals group
28% of debt collection company Encore Capital Group
In
January 2003 CPH Investment announced plans to merge with
Challenger Investment, in which Packer interests had a
19% stake.
PBL owns
ticketing
group Ticketek
50% of ninemsn
25% of SEEK online recruiter
finance
PBL owns 50% of discount stockbroker Online Broker Holdings
and had 25% of AFIG (Wizard Home Loans), sold to GE in
2004.
The
family is believed to have around 28% of US debt collection
company Encore Capital Group
The family holds 25% of Challenger Financial Services,
a diversified financial services group that in 2004 administered
over $10 billion on behalf of some 100,000 Australian
investors. It is active in Funds management, financial
planning and administration, Annuities, and Mortgage finance.
gambling
PBL holdings include the Crown casino complex in Melbourne
and stakes in
Burswood
Casino
joint venture with Betfair online gambling group
marketing, chemical and other sectors
Other investments include stakes in
Endeavour
Health Care Limited
Future Fibre Technologies Pty Ltd - fibre optic technology
Comindico Holdings Pty Ltd - integrated data and voice
telephony services
QPSX Ltd - switching technology
Q-Vis Ltd - medical laser technology
Acxiom - US-based direct-marketing
7% of underlying equity in Huntsman chemicals group
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