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Smartpay accepts Shift4 bid as payments sector M&A begins

Senior Business Correspondent
23 Jun, 2025
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Michael Sainsbury
Senior Business Correspondent
23 Jun, 2025
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The expected flurry of mergers and acquisitions activity has hit the Australian payments sector with Smartpay Holdings Limited agreeing to a NZ$1.20 per share all-cash takeover offer from US payments heavyweight, New York Stock Exchange listed, Shift4 Payments Inc.
Smartpay accepts Shift4 bid as payments sector M&A begins
Martyn Pomeroy, CEO and Managing Director of Smartpay The proposed Smartypay deal offers a 22% premium to the company’s Friday closing price. The deal bested an offer

The expected flurry of mergers and acquisitions activity has hit the Australian payments sector with Smartpay Holdings Limited agreeing to a NZ$1.20 per share all-cash takeover offer from US payments heavyweight, New York Stock Exchange listed, Shift4 Payments Inc.

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