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Wellard is an important link in meeting rising global demand for protein through the supply of quality livestock to consumers throughout the world. The purpose-built, technologically advanced livestock vessels that we charter to exporters and importers throughout the world, combined with a specialist livestock crew, ensure optimal welfare outcomes for the livestock on-board and a quality product our customers.

Press Release Archives

 

June 2020
27th M/V Ocean Drover Reaches 200th Voyage Milestone 

 

February 2020
26th Wellard releases H1 FY2020 financial results
March 2020
9th Wellard to defend shareholder class action
26th Wellard completes capital restructure through sale of M/V Ocean Shearer for US$53 million
August 2020
27th Wellard Limited FY2020 Financial Results

 

March 2019
18th Wellard to make changes to Sri Lanka dairy program
April 2019
1st Progress update on asset sales and debt restructure
4th Sri Lanka dairy program update
June 2019
3rd Wellard Chief Executive Officer change
9th Notice of Mr. Mauro Balzarini ceasing to be a director
11th Update on debt restructure
25th Successful MV Ocean Drover voyage to Kuwait/UAE should cause heat stress risk rethink
July 2019
4th Wellard to sell M/V Ocean Swagman for US$22M – Further standstill with Noteholders
August 2019
19th Extension to Ship Finance Repayment Schedules
20th Sale of M/V Ocean Swagman to Heytesbury for US$22M to proceed
28th Wellard releases FY2019 financial results
October 2019
25th Results of Wellard General Meeting of Shareholders Sale and Leaseback of MV Ocean Swagman Approved
November 2019
22nd WELLARD LIMITED EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: 22 NOVEMBER 2019
December 2019
12th Wellard to complete capital restructure through sale of M/V Ocean Shearer for US$53M

 

February 2018
7th Wellard releases H1FY2018 Results
7th Brazil trade resumption
May 2018
17th Wellard welcomes improvement in live export standards
June 2018
25th Live sheep exports to the Middle East
August 2018
20th Wellard Releases FY2018 Financial Results
November 2018
23rd Chairman’s Address 2018 AGM
23rd Wellard 2018 AGM Presentation

November 2017
29th 2017 AGM Chairman Address
29th 2017 AGM Presentation
10th MV Ocean Swagman Chalks Up 100 Voyages
1st First China Beef Cattle Shipment Sails
October 2017
27th 2017 Annual Report
September 2017
22nd Senior Executive Restructure
22nd Annual Financial Report 2017
19th First Shipment of Beef Cattle to China
August 2017
31st FY2017 Financial Results Announcement
31st Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Results
July 2017
25th Response to ASX Aware Letter
18th Clarification re Market Update
18th Wellard Market Update
June 2017
26th New Director Appointment – Mr. Fred Troncone
6th Cleansing Notice
1st Wellard to sell M/V Ocean Outback for A$34.9M
May 2017
15th Sri Lanka Shipping Success Sets The Standard
16th Wellard Appoints New director
18th Wellard back in the Middle East
April 2017
26th Notice of Shareholders General Meeting 26 May 2017
20th Dairy Cattle Exports To Sri Lanka Returns And Australian Cattle Exports To Indonesia Beefed Up
11th Letters to Eligible and Ineligible Shareholders
11th Cleansing Notice
3rd Wellard to raise $52 million
March 2017
27th Wellard’s Beaufort River Meats leading the way in e-food safety integrity
1st Heytesbury New Substantial Shareholder
February 2017
28th Half Year Results Investor Presentation
28th Half Year Results Announcement
28th Appendix 4D & Half Year Report
January 2017
13th Wellard to Develop Victorian Pre Export Quarantine Facility to Service China Trade
3rd Banking Covenant Waiver Update

December 2016
16th Operations Update China and Sri Lanka
1st Remedy of Working Capital Facility Covenant Breach
November 2016
29th AGM Chairman’s Address
29th AGM Presentation
17th Wellard Appoints John Klepec as Director
10th Statement to Shareholders
9th Reschedule of Delivery of M/V Ocean Kelpie
4th New COO Appointment
October 2016
28th Annual Report to shareholders
28th Wellard announces new CFO
17th Appointment of Company Secretary
10th M/V Ocean Shearer Gains Australian Approval
September 2016
30th Annual Financial Report 2016
21st Wellard Receives WGH Separation Payment
19th Wellard Announces WGH Refinancing
August 2016
31st Wellard Releases Preliminary FY2016 Financial Results
31st Preliminary Final Report
July 2016
11th Change of CFO
June 2016
27th Separation Settlement Update
16th Wellard Update
10th Wellard Update
3rd Wellard unaffected by changes to Japan market
May 2016
27th Vessel Finance secured for M/V Ocean Shearer
26th Extension to CBA Facility Agreement signed
16th Operating Update Including Indonesia Permit Release
April 2016
28th Wellard Welcomes the M/V Ocean Shearer to the Fleet
20th Wellard Appoints Brendan Wade as Chief Operating Officer
11th MV Ocean Shearer Concludes Sea Trials
8th Wellard offers premium priced forward contracts for bull calves
March 2016
21st MV Ocean Outback back in operation
18th Wellard Sponsors MotoGP Rider Andrea Iannone
15th Wellao Joint Venture Agreement signed
14th Wellard Joins ASX 300 Index
4th MV Ocean Swagman Returning to Service
4th Wellard Committed to Reducing Energy Use and Emissions
February 2016
29th Half Year Results Presentation
29th Half Year Accounts and Appendix 4D
January 2016
25th M/V Ocean Outback: A Storm In a Teacup
18th Wellard Completes Large Cattle Purchase in WA
10th MV Ocean Outback update January 10
8th MV Ocean Swagman
8th MV Ocean Outback Update
5th MV Ocean Outback Update
4th MV Ocean Outback Update

December 2015
30th MV Ocean Outback Mechanical Issues.
4th Wellard Group – Prospectus
November 2015
27th Wellard Celebrates Millionth Milestone
24th Wellard Celebrates Start of MV Ocean Kelpie Construction
20th Wellard Lodges Prospectus for IPO and Listing on Australian Securities Exchange
 October 2015
30th Wellard’s Ocean Drover Celebrates 1 Million Cattle Milestone
 28th Wellard Proud To Fill WA’s Foodbank
 September 2015
 29th Wellard Achieves Eid Al Adha Success In Oman
August 2015
 31st Wellard Agri Renamed To Giovi Ltd
25th Wellard To Sponsor PGA Rural Achievement
13th Wellard Signs Joint Venture In China With Fulida Group
5th Wellard Teams Up With The USA In ISDE
July 2015
20th Wellard Welcomes China Slaughter And Feeder Cattle Health Protocols
June 2015
30th Wellard Sets Cattle Shipping Record
29th Click Goes The Shearer At Wellard
15th Wellard Management Restructure
May 2015
11th Wellard Appoints New Meat Processing And Trading General Manager
2nd Wellard’s Operations In Vietnam
April 2015
30th Wellard Gets Its Own Kelpie
March 2015
11th Wellard Supports Animal Welfare In Vietnam
9th Wellard Closes $3.80/Kg Forward Contracting Program
February 2015
27th Mauro Balzarini Takes-Up The CEO Challenge To Raise Money For Youth Focus
27th Changes To Vietnam Supply Chain
January 2015
13th Wellard Buys A Ute

November 2014
18th Wellard Welcomes Australia China Free Trade Agreement
11th Wellard Riders Quinella ISDE In C2 Division
10th MV Ocean Drover Departs For Singapore
 October 2014
 24th Wellard Secures Contract For 22,500 Dairy Heifers With Sri Lanka
 10th Wellard Thanks Emergency Crews
9th Update – Fire On Wellard Vessel At Fremantle Port
9th Fire On Wellard Vessel At Fremantle Port
 September 2014
 23rd Beaufort River Meats First WA Lamb Supply To Progressive Supa IGA Supermarkets
19th Wellard Helps To Fill Foodbank WA’s Freezer
June 2014
6th Wellard MD To Help Shape International Trade For Australian Agri Sector
May 2014
 28th Wellard Expands China Portfolio To Sheep And Mutton
 15th Wellard Encourages The Next Generation Of Athletes
April 2014
 21st Wellard’s Beaufort River Meat Hits The Half Million Mark
14th Investigation Into Documentation Irregularities
March 2014
 28th Wellard Adds To The Grange Agri Hub With Property Purchase
February 2014
 16th MV Ocean Drover Voyage To The Gulf Of Aqaba
 14th Ocean Drover Voyage To Gulf Of Aqaba
January 2014
 30th MV OCEAN DROVER UNDER WAY AFTER ENGINE ISSUE RECTIFIED
22nd Record Wellard Grain Harvest

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    M/V Ocean Drover Reaches 200th Voyage Milestone

    Media Release The workhorse of the Wellard’s livestock shipping fleet, the M/V Ocean Drover, has celebrated the success of its 200th voyage. Launched twenty years ago as the M/V Becrux (it was renamed the M/V Ocean Drover in 2009), the vessel was a breakthrough for the live export sector as it was first large livestock […]

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    Wellard releases FY2020 financial results, recording maiden full year profit

    ASX Announcement             Wellard Ltd (Wellard, ASX:WLD) advises that it recorded its best full year Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) result of $23.3 million in FY2020, as the Company began to realise the benefits of its debt restructure program to record its first full year financial profit since listing on […]

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    Wellard completes capital restructure through sale of M/V Ocean Shearer for US$53 million

    ASX Announcement Highlights Sale of MV Ocean Shearer completed for US$53.0 million (approx. A$89.8 million1) to reduce Wellard financial debt2 to US$16.9 (approx. A$28.7 million); US$40.8 million (approx. A$69.1 million) reduction in existing debt; US$12.2 million (approx. A$20.7 million) increase in cash on hand; Wellard’s fleet right-sized to three vessels; Successful sale transaction will complete company […]

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    Wellard to defend shareholder class action

    ASX Announcement Wellard Limited (Wellard) has today been served with a class action proceeding filed in the Federal Court of Australia in Victoria. The proceeding filed by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is on behalf of all persons who or which: acquired an interest: in ordinary shares in Wellard between 8 December 2015 and 31 August […]

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    Wellard releases H1 FY2020 financial results

    ASX Announcement Wellard Ltd (Wellard, ASX:WLD) advises that it recorded Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) of $10.8 million and a net loss after tax of $2.1 million in the six months to 31 December 2019, as the Company continued to restructure its operations and balance sheet. Revenue declined from $188.2m to $49.1m reflecting the […]

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    Wellard to complete capital restructure through sale of M/V Ocean Shearer for US$53M

    ASX Announcement Highlights Sale of MV Ocean Shearer for US$53.0 million (approx. A$77.8 million1) to reduce Wellard financial debt to US$16.7 (approx. A$24.6 million)2; US$42.3 million (approx. A$62.0 million) reduction in existing debt; US$10.7 million (approx. A$15.8 million) increase in cash on hand; Wellard’s fleet right-sized to three vessels (two owned and one exclusively leased); Successful […]

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    WELLARD LIMITED EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: 22 NOVEMBER 2019

    ASX Announcement Welcome I would like to welcome shareholders to the 2019 Wellard AGM, my second as Executive Chairman of the Company. As with last year, I will provide a brief chairman’s address before providing more detailed information about the operations and finances of the Company in my executive capacity, alongside the Company’s Chief Financial Officer John Stevenson. […]

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    Wellard releases FY2019 financial results

    ASX Announcement Wellard Ltd (Wellard, ASX:WLD) advises that it retained positive EBITDA and cashflow for FY2019, however poor trading conditions in the second half of the financial year (H2 FY2019), vessel impairments and financing costs contributed to a net loss after tax of $48.4 million (FY2018: $36.4 million). Improved EBITDA of $12.0 million (FY2018: $9.8 million), operating […]

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    Sale of M/V Ocean Swagman to Heytesbury for US$22M to proceed

    ASX Announcement Wellard Limited (ASX:WLD) (Wellard or the Company) advises that it will proceed with the sale of the M/V Ocean Swagman to Heytesbury Holding Company Pty Ltd (Heytesbury) for US$22M. The transaction also includes a bareboat charter of the vessel back from Heytesbury to Wellard immediately upon completion of the sale which is expected to complete on […]

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