Programmed Maintenance Services has reached a deal to acquire fellow Australian company Skilled Group via a scheme of arrangement. Skilled's board has backed Programmed's offer which will see ...

Australia's SKILLED Group, a provider of labor hire and workforce services, announced Thursday it has rejected the merger proposal from Programmed Maintenance Services that was received Dec. 17, 2014.

Labour hire firm Skilled Group has said a merger offer from rival Programmed Maintenance Services is "opportunistic" despite Programmed's claim the deal would create $20 million of synergies and ...

Skilled Group has rejected a merger proposal received from Programmed Maintenance Services in December, saying the merger would not alter the group's potential or market position. But the labour hire ...

“We remain open to considering a transaction on terms that appropriately reflect SKILLED’s value and contribution to a merged group.” SKILLED shareholders do not need to take any action in response to ...