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	Investment tips from Sir Ron Brierley
		Sir Ron The only problem is you can be absolutely certain what the P is but the E may be a bit more suspect.
		Sir Ron You would hope in the longer run the investors who had done their basic due diligence are going to finish up ahead of the absolute gamblers.
		Sir Ron Some people that I know are making far more money out of the market than I am and yet I feel their knowledge and experience is vastly less than mine or what mine ought to be.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /alaska/680/Feature_Articles/feature1.html (1803 words)

	Sunday Sunrise transcript
		Sir Ron Brierley: Well, it is. I called it a tragedy, and it really is, because it's got a great business model, and it should be one of the most successful Australian companies, and it clearly isn't.
		Sir Ron Brierley: Well, there are certain ironies, because when we obtained effective control and eventually full ownership of Woolworths in the late 80s, Woolworths was in a not dissimilar position to that of Coles Myer now.
		Sir Ron Brierley: Well, you say that they have strongly supported him, but if you read the press in relation to that meeting, there are so many conflicting views, you wouldn't really know what the actual mood of the meeting was.
	seven.com.au /sundaysunrise/finance/18536 (1264 words)

	Crikey Website - Crikey vs Sir Ron Brierley over Solly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sir Ron put in a lame performance at the Coles Myer AGM last year but yesterday it was time to administer some of his own medicine, especially given his controversial decision to become Solly's apologist in the face of overwhelming institutional opposition to the colourful entrepreneur's re-election.
		Sir Ron stepped into the Premier chair to front Solly's campaign last year and it was Premier that borrowed more money to buy an additional 12.5 million shares on market for $69 million or $6.32 a pop.
		Sir Ron was defiant when presented with the facts that he headed a company that was trading at an alarming 23 per cent discount to its net asset backing.
	www.crikey.com.au /articles/2003/11/06-0001.html (1271 words)

	Ron Brierley: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Ron Brierley's summary was automatically generated using 43 references found on the Internet.
		Sir Ron Brierley is also Chairman of GPG P/C, an investment company based in London.
		Sir Ron Brierley, Chairman Sir Ron Brierley was appointed Chairman on 29 March 1990.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Brierley_Ron_10084885.htm (296 words)

	Inside Business - 15/09/2002: The Coles Myer story; from all sides
		SIR RON BRIERLEY CHAIRMAN PREMIER INVESTMENTS: It is not necessarily all his fault at all, infact it almost certainly isn't.
		SIR RON BRIERLEY: Well, it might be considered a rather strong statement but I think, it is factually correct, in fact I'm sure it is factually correct.
		SIR RON BRIERLEY: Well, he's failed to perform.
	www.abc.net.au /insidebusiness/content/2002/s676576.htm (406 words)

	Printer version - Out of step AGL cops some AGM dissent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The first two were the proposed re-elections of long-term non-executive directors Sir Ron Brierley and Graham Reaney, who have been on AGL’s board for 16 and 15 years respectively.
		Brierley’s sub-standard board attendance (8 from 10) record was raised (receiving plenty of disapproving murmurs from the audience) and the ASA revealed they were voting their 1 million proxies against the colourful corporate raider.
		The assembled wrinklies might have liked this effort, but Phillips was unmoved and did not accommodate the request, later explaining that he did not want to create a “beauty parade”, that it was of no value and that, quoting from the Bible, directors should be “judged by the fruit of the efforts”.
	www.crikey.com.au /business/2003/10/14-0003.print.html (1196 words)

	ShareTrader - Sir Ron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Labor Government, Brierley was a demigod to BIL shareholders, the
		Although Brierley's greatest achievement was to build BIL from
		Brierley is doing what he always did: seeking undervalued stocks,
	www.sharetrader.co.nz /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18875 (1808 words)

	NZX: By Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		At the meeting the Chairman, Sir Ron Brierley, announced that Trevor Beyer, who is a nonexecutive director of GPG, would be retiring on 30 September 2004.
		Sir Ron thanked Trevor for his contribution to GPG's success since the new team took charge in 1990 over which period the Group had grown dramatically.
		At the AGM the following levels of proxy appointments in respect of the Chairman of the meeting and associated voting instructions were received prior to the meeting.
	www.nzx.com /market/market_announcements/by_company?id=100101 (399 words)

	7.30 Report - 16/09/2002: ASIC keeps watch on Coles Myer
		MICK BUNWORTH: Given the public brawling of the past week, there are not many that would disagree with Sir Ron Brierley's assessment that something is wrong in the Coles Myer boardroom.
		Mr Lew's response, made through Sir Ron Brierley, chairman of Mr Lew's investment company Premier Investments is that Stan Wallis should go immediately rather than wait for November's meeting.
		I think it does need a more thorough shake-up but you have to be practical and in the first instance I think the present deputy chairman, if he was willing to do so, would take over and I think there would be some symbolism in that.
	www.abc.net.au /7.30/content/2002/s677884.htm (1024 words)

	Brierley criticises NZX listing rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In a letter to NZX chairman Mark Weldon, Sir Ron strongly objected to changes to corporate governance listing rules that required a company's shareholders to elect at least two independent directors.
		Sir Ron, chairman of Guinness Peat Group, said a trinity of qualities were present in effective directors -- competence, commitment and integrity
		Mr Weldon told the New Zealand Herald on Thursday that he understood Sir Ron's stance, but had no choice but to introduce the rules.
	www.smh.com.au - !http: //www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/23/1074732594818.html (416 words)

	Brierley blames govts over Air NZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		There was no simple answer to the allocation of blame over the series of events surrounding Air New Zealand that were to eventually bring the airline to its financial knees, he said.
		The Australian government pulled the rug from under Air New Zealand in 1994 in a late-night fax, cancelling an open skies agreement on the eve it was due to come into effect.
		Sir Ron said he was never that close to BIL's investment in Air New Zealand and had no influence over the decision made in relation to the airline investment, "for better or for worse".
	www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/02/1075570323425.html (453 words)

	WHO SHOULD INHERIT KUWAIT
		Sir Ron Brierley is used to closing controversial deals, and the $140-million transaction he made in London last week was no exception.
		But Brierley himself was really of only secondary importance to observers of his purchase of a 10% stake in the Mount Charlotte hotel group, one of Britain's biggest.
		Brierley picked up the stake, thereby triggering a mandatory bid.
	www.ericellis.com /britainkuwait.htm (903 words)

	Kiwi activists slam Brierley for sacking PwC - 25 Nov 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Among the misdeeds of the recipient, 67-year-old Guinness Peat Group chairman Sir Ron Brierley, was to ditch the company's auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, in favour of Deloitte.
		When the association questioned the switch, Sir Ron replied that he had "no faith in auditors generally" but "some firms are more competent and responsive than others".
		According to the official Golden Glob citation, "Sir Ron acknowledged that he sacked GPG's auditors when they disagreed with him.
	www.accountingweb.co.uk /news/stories/1202/120197.html (240 words)

	Trevor Beyer: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Trevor Beyer, one of a group of Sir Ron Brierley's childhood friends known as the Island Bay Five, has retired as a director of Guinness Peat Group.
		Chris Castle, a former Brierley executive, said Beyer was an exemplary executive director who sat on a lot of boards for Brierley Investments.
		Chris Castle, a former Brierley executive, said Mr Beyer was an exemplary executive director who sat on a lot of boards for Brierley Investments.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Beyer_Trevor_293675844.htm (403 words)

	New Zealand's source for business, stock market & currency news on Stuff.co.nz: Kiwi investors gain from following ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Those prepared to back former Wellingtonians Sir Ron Brierley, his colleague Gary Weiss, their former Lower Hutt associate Bruce Judge and Aucklander Graeme Hart are looking pretty smug.
		Shares in Guinness Peat – a company strongly influenced by Sir Ron and Dr Weiss – hit a record peak last week on a price-adjusted basis.
		Though it has fully severed its connections with its birthplace, BIL (formerly Brierley Investments) is having a new lease of life, with its share price reaching $1.31 last week, the highest it has been for several years (It was back to $1.24 on Friday).
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3564621a1865,00.htm (1162 words)

	ShareTrader - GPG - The Stock (fullstop) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Saw Sir Ron enjoying the cricket at Adelaide the other day and he seemed in fine fettle.
		Posted - 01/12/2004 : 3:56:57 PM I remember meeting Sir Ron and shaking his hand, many years ago at a BRY AGM in Wellington (the one where he stepped in late to be the chairman of the meeting - 1998?!).
		At the helm of Brierley Investments and IEL, the pair's raids on AGL and Woolworths in the decade of decadence were the stuff of financial legend (for those who care to read about those escapades, try a copy of Masters of the Market).
	www.sharetrader.co.nz /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20970&whichpage=2 (2719 words)

	Capital Chronicle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Guinness Peat Group plc (GPG), the investment holding vehicle ("corporate raider" to its detractors, "industry rationalisers" to supporters) chaired by New Zealander Sir Ron Brierley is a curious thing.
		Well, the market has perhaps got wind of their success too, they are trading at a 52 week high.
		Rewards will never be as great as you or I might wish as the company is a vehicle for Brierley and pals.
	alzahr.blogspot.com /2005/01/want-international-equity-exposure.html (824 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A consortium led by Sir Ron Brierley's Guinness Peat Group and former Fay Richwhite executives has made a late takeover bid worth $5 billion for Fletcher Energy, trumping an offer already on the table from world oil giant Shell and almost certainly delaying Fletcher Challenge restructuring plans.
		However, questions remained on Tuesday night about precisely how the new bid will be funded, prompting Fletcher Challenge to request more information from the rival bidders before deciding on its next move.
		Fletcher Challenge said that in assessing GPG's offer, it would consider its overall value and fairness to shareholders, the certainty of receiving that value, the impact of delaying the deal, and the consortium's ability to deliver on the energy division's ongoing obligations.
	www.greymouthpetroleum.co.nz /press/BUSINES3.htm (720 words)

	:: The Crusaders :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The winner of the Sir Ron Brierley Scholarship for season 2004-05 is the 23-year-old Middlesex player Jamie Dalrymple.
		The England and Wales Cricket Board award the scholarship in conjunction with the Crusaders and Cricket Victoria.
		Jamie is due to arrive in Melbourne in mid October and will play for one of the Victorian Premier League sides and for the Crusaders.
	www.crusaderscricket.com.au /news/Full_news.asp?ID=94 (270 words)

	Coachbult.com - Derham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Ron Kowalke - Station Wagon: A Tribute to America's Workaholic on Wheels
		Brooks T. Brierley - Auburn, Reo, Franklin and Pierce-Arrow Versus Cadillac, Chrysler, Lincoln and Packard
		James M. Flammang and Ron Kowalke - Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1976-1999
	www.coachbuilt.com /bui/d/derham/derham.htm (12330 words)

	Polly Pocket Wardrobe Game Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Bluebird Toys, the Polly Pocket to Plasticine group, came under attack yesterday when Guinness Peat Group GPG, Sir Ron Brierley's investment vehicle, launched a pounds 42m cash bid for the company.
		Following a series of profit disappointments, the company's share price has crashed from a high of 386p in 1995 to 85p on Friday, the last day before yesterday's 101p bid emerged.
		Sir Ron said The choice for shareholders is simple do nothing and face continuing erosion of investment value or act to secure a premium price for their Bluebird shares.
	www.mypockets.info /polly-pocket-wardrobe-game.html (1210 words)

	MiningNews.net - Brierley boosts Bluestone
		WHEN not spending his days watching cricket, New Zealand's master investor Sir Ron Brierley has been a world-class bargain basement shopper since 1961.
		In fact, following Sir Ron has been a sure-fire investment strategy in itself, so good is his nose for a good deal — which makes the relatively modest recovery underway at Bluestone Tin a little unusual.
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	www.miningnews.net /storyview.asp?storyid=52496 (194 words)

	Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)
		Corporate raider the Guiness Peat Group has taken a substantial shareholding in the Tasmanian agribusiness Webster Ltd.
		Sir Ron Brierley's group has built up a 15.7 per cent stake in Webster, or 9.3 million shares, since July 5.
		Shadforths broker Tony Shadforth said the GPG purchase continued a long association between Sir Ron and
	www.growfish.com.au /cat_content.asp?contentid=4758&catid=114 (315 words)

	News Review Service Example (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Amanda Hall reports on the return of corporate raider Sir Ron Brierley and his Guinness Peat Group to the UK hostile bid scene.
		Sir Ron points out that `Financial conservatism' remains the basic philosophy of GPG with `an emphasis on basic asset value.' Unmarried and with a passion for cricket and philately he is not a typical swashbuckling raider but he has already outlasted the majority of his peers.
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	www.news-review.co.uk /wcp325/1065.html (258 words)

	[No title]
		The shares rose as high as to $4.92 before ending up 15c at $4.90.
		Stockbrokers said yesterday that Sir Ron's cashed-up Guinness Peat Group was a more likely buyer of Seven shares than the New Zealand-based Brierley Investments.
		"There is talk that Brierley is buying into Seven," said one Sydney-based broker.
	www.auspaytv.com /archive/news99-00/news2209.txt (1524 words)

	Untitled1
		Sir Ron Brierley's Guinness Peat Group has moved to protect itself from ambush in its bid for control of Wrighson Ltd, setting the regulatory groundwork for increasing its stake.
		GPG, which now holds 18.68% of Wrightson after a quick raid this week, said on Friday that it might wish to buy more shares for a price of up to 40¢.
		Its main interest would be in FCP's Australasian and South American assets.
	www.inventas.co.nz /walter7r.html (4813 words)

	Gpg (UK Interim Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		GPG manages its operations, including those of GPGUKH and its subsidiaries, on a Group basis.
		As such it remains helpful and informative to reproduce here an extract from a statement made by the Chairman of GPG, Sir Ron Brierley, in his interim report for the same period which is also being released today.
		Blake Nixon, Chairman 25 August 2004 Extract from the statement by the Chairman of Guinness Peat Group plc, in respect of the half year ended 30 June 2004.
	www.advfn.com /news_interim-results_8578620.html (1406 words)

	Hotel: BIL up 39pc on Thistle hotel sales - Hotel Designs Industry News
		Investment company BIL International yesterday reported a 39 per cent rise in full-year profit.
		The Singapore-based company, formerly New Zealand corporate raider Sir Ron Brierley's Brierley Investments, posted an after-tax operating surplus of US$86.9 million ($124.71 million) for the year ended June 30.
		The result was based on total operating revenue of US$343.5 million, up 15.4 per cent, and was boosted by US$89 million in proceeds from the sale of six Thistle hotels in April this year.
	www.hoteldesigns.co.uk /industrynews/news_1182.html (115 words)

	INL NEWSPAPERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The new bidder for Fletcher Challenge's energy division said last night it would head to court to ensure the bid had a chance.
		The newly formed Peak Petroleum consortium, involving Sir Ron Brierley's Guinness Peat Group, Greymouth Petroleum and merchant bank FR Partners, made a $5 billion bid for Fletcher Energy on Tuesday.
		The proposal, not yet a formal offer, gazumps Royal Dutch Shell and partner US-based Apache's long-standing $4.6 billion bid.
	www.greymouthpetroleum.co.nz /press/2march.html (670 words)

	B's - (Author Sorted) Cbe Catalogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		BLUE, RON WITH JODIE BERNDT, GENEROUS LIVING; New Book, Paperback
		NAVPRESS; ISBN: 0891090258; Pages: 54; A STUDY GUIDE BASED ON THE BOOK.
		BRIERLEY, PETER, COMING UP TRUMPS; New Book, Paperback
	www.cbebooks.org /downloads/cbe_cat_html/Author-B.html (8304 words)

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