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Crayon binding agreement to acquire rhipe

On Tuesday, 6 July 2021, Crayon Group Holding ASA (Crayon) entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed with rhipe under which it is agreed that a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crayon will acquire all of the issued share capital at $2.50 per share via a Scheme of Arrangement.

This acquisition is subject to several conditions, including shareholder and regulatory approvals and an Independent Expert’s report concluding that the Scheme is in the best interests of rhipe shareholders.

Please find relevant ASX announcements below:

Scheme of Arrangement is Legally Effective – 14 October 2021
Supreme Court approves Scheme – 13 October 2021
Scheme Meeting Results and Special Dividend – 11 October 2021
2021 Scheme Meeting – Chair Address and Presentation Slides – 11 October 2021
Scheme of Arrangement – Supplementary Disclosure – 17 September 2021
Court approves distribution of scheme booklet and convening of scheme meeting and scheme booklet registered with ASIC – 7 September 2021
rhipe agrees Scheme Implementation Deed with Crayon – 6 July 2021
Non-binding Indicative Proposal to Acquire rhipe Limited – 1 July 2021

Please read the latest press release here:

rhipe Scheme of Arrangement with Crayon Legally Effective

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Gary Cox

Non-Executive Chairman

Gary Cox has over 35 years of global experience in the technology industry in senior leadership roles with Microsoft, EMC and Oracle. He has held both strategic consulting and board appointments for technology organisations with a global growth focus.

Dominic O’Hanlon

Chief Executive Officer

Dominic O’Hanlon was appointed Chief Executive Officer in August 2014. Dominic is a successful technology entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience. He has served in prior senior executive roles for numerous high growth technology companies.

Dawn Edmonds

Non-Executive Director

Dawn Edmonds is one of the founders of rhipe (then NewLease) and has nearly 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Until late 2016, Dawn served as the Chief Operating Officer for rhipe and was responsible for the management of day-to-day operations.

Mark Pierce

Non-Executive Director

Mark Pierce has over 25 years of corporate finance and business experience gained from senior positions held at Westpac, Macquarie Bank, Rabobank and Credit Suisse. Since 2009, he has worked as an independent advisor and company director.

Michael Tierney

Non-Executive Director

Michael Tierney has over 30 years of experience in global financial markets, with experience in executing financing and M&A strategies. He held the role of Managing Director and Head of Leverage Finance at Credit Suisse for the Asia Pacific region.

Inese Kingsmill

Non-Executive Director

With over 25 years of experience, Inese Kingsmill has earned a reputation as a growth-focused and customer-oriented business leader. Her end-to-end business experience has spanned leadership across a broad spectrum of accountabilities at Microsoft, Telstra and Virgin Australia.

Olivier Dispas

Non-Executive Director

Olivier Dispas has over 25 of years of experience in the IT industry, focused on channel, partner strategy and sales leadership. He is an advisor on the boards of Enlyft and Quantiq and provides consulting and coaching services.

Mark McLellan

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer

Mark McLellan joined rhipe in September 2016. He was promoted to a dual role as Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer in July 2020. Mark is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience, including leading acquisitions.

Warren Nolan

Group Executive – Partners and Programs

Warren Nolan joined rhipe in 2005 when it was called NewLease. Having served in a variety of roles, Warren is currently responsible for driving rhipe’s Sales, Support and RPO functions with a tight integration to drive customer success.

Marika White

Company Secretary, Non-KMP

Marika is Executive Director of Emerson Operations and provides tailored company secretarial and compliance services to rhipe and a range of public, private and not-for-profit organisations in Australia and internationally.

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Recognition

Winner of the Laos 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award

Winner of the 2021 Distributor Value Cloud Award

Winner of the Microsoft APAC Services Partner of the Year

Winner of the Channel Asia Women in ICT Awards

Zoomtopia Partner Connect Award Winner 2021

Personal Innovation Channel Excellence Award

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