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REP 2 Report of Investigation: Burns Philp and Co Ltd

Released December 1998.

This report has been prepared pursuant to section 17 of the ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþAct, to make public the findings of ASIC’s investigation into the $700 million writedown of assets by Burns Philp in September 1997. The report outlines the circumstances that led to the writedown, and ASIC’s conclusions in respect of these circumstances. ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþbelieves that there is a public interest in publishing its findings, to better explain how such a large writedown occurred, with little warning in a large, well-established public company of good repute, and to draw a number of corporate governance issues arising from these circumstances to the attention of all participants in Australian markets.

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Last updated: 01/12/1998 12:00