Jun 22, 2026 – 8.37am60 million. That’s how many Atlas Arteria shares IFM Investors will press investors to sell ahead of the looming Thursday deadline for its unconditional offer.Atlas Arteria CEO Hugh Wehby. Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Tick-tock: IFM races to secure 60m Atlas Arteria shares, bumps stake
IFM Investors has increased its stake in the toll road operator to 42 per cent after shifting 22 million shares on Friday.
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IFM Investors targets 60 million Atlas Arteria shares before Thursday's unconditional offer deadline. The bid demonstrates capital consolidation dynamics in infrastructure M&A, showing how mega-funds execute complex transactions amid competing stakeholder pressures.
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