Patrick Corporation

Patrick Corporation Limited

Type	Subsidiary of Asciano Limited
Industry	Logistics
Fate	acquired by Toll Holdings in 2006.
Founded	Sydney, Australia previously known as Lang Corporation 2002 name changed to Patrick Corporation
Headquarters	Sydney, Australia
Products	Patrick Terminals Patrick Port Services Patrick PortLink General Stevedoring Patrick Autocare (80% JV) Owens NZ (50% JV) Car Compounds Australia (50% JV) Australian Amalgamated Terminals (50% JV)
Revenue	A$1.2 billion (2004)
Number of employees	unknown (2004)
Parent	Asciano Limited
Website	www.patrick.com.au

Patrick Corporation Ltd was an Australian publicly listed logistics conglomerate. Headed by CEO Chris Corrigan before it was absorbed by Toll Holdings in 2006, Patrick had interests in shipping, rail and aviation, including a 62% shareholding in airline Virgin Blue. Its headquarters were located in Sydney, New South Wales.

Patrick Corporation was one of the main parties in the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute which centred on the Port of Melbourne.

In August 2005, Toll Holdings launched a hostile takeover bid for Patrick Corporation, which would include selling down its share in Virgin Blue.

In January 2006, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ordered that Toll could not takeover Patrick Corporation. However, on 11 March 2006, after Toll gave the ACCC further undertakings in relation to the conduct of the business after a successful acquisition the ACCC indicated that it would withdraw its opposition.

Patrick was given approval by the ACCC to acquire freight-forwarders FCL Interstate Transport on the condition that it broke up Pacific National, its joint-venture with Toll. The deal also hinged on Toll being unsuccessful in its bid for Patrick. On 14 April 2006, Patrick Corporation agreed to accept Toll's revised bid for the company after spending nine months fighting the hostile takeover. Toll's revised bid, some $5.8 billion instead of about $4 billion offered initially, was considered by Patrick to be the best deal it could get. The deal ended Patrick's plans for acquiring FCL (which was then taken over by Linfox) and was expected to mean the sell-off of Patrick's 50% stake in Pacific National to a third party (under the ACCC's ruling). Toll would become the only fully vertically integrated logistics company in Australia — it would be able to provide a full package of shipping, road, rail and door-to-door transport of freight.