CIMIC Group

CIMIC Group Limited (formerly known as Leighton Holdings prior to April 2015) is an Australian multinational contractor. It is active in the telecommunications, engineering and infrastructure, building and property, mining and resources, and environmental services industries. It has operations in Australia, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. Leighton Holdings was rebranded as the CIMIC Group in 2015.[2][3]

CIMIC Group Limited
Public
Traded asASX: CIM
ISINAU000000CIM7 
IndustryConstruction, Civil engineering
PredecessorLeighton Holdings
Founded1949
FounderStanley Leighton
HeadquartersNorth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Key people
Michael Wright, Executive chairman
RevenueA $14,670.2 million (2018)[1]
A $1,142.6 million (2018)[1]
A $773.8 million (2018)[1]
ParentHochtief (70%)
Websitewww.cimic.com.au/

CIMIC stands for Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Concessions.[2]

History
Logo used prior to April 2015

Founded in 1949 by Stanley Leighton, Leighton Holdings was first listed on the Melbourne Stock Exchange in 1962.[4]

In July 1983 Leighton Holdings, purchased Thiess Contractors, with its major shareholder, Hochtief, becoming the majority shareholder in Leighton Holdings.[5][6][7] In April 1997 the Welded Mesh structural materials division was sold to Smorgon Steel.[8]

In 2000, Leighton Holdings bought a 70% stake in John Holland; this was increased to 99% in 2004 and 100% in December 2007.[9]

In October 2013 Fairfax Media alleged that Leighton Holdings had made corrupt payments to Hussain al-Shahristani, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, to secure an oil pipeline contract in Iraq and other contracts.[10] Basil Al Jarah, the Iraq country manager for Unaoil, a Monaco-based company allegedly acting for Leighton Holdings, subsequently pleaded guilty to corruption.[11]

By March 2014, Spanish company ACS Group, through its acquisition of a majority shareholding in Hochtief, was the majority owner of Leighton Holdings.[12] In June 2014, Verdes also became chairman of Leighton's executive board.[13]

In December 2014, Leighton Holdings sold John Holland to China Communications Construction for $1.15 billion.[14]

In April 2015, in the wake of the earlier corruption allegations against Leighton Holdings, ACS changed Leighton’s name to CIMIC Group (abbreviated from Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Concessions).[15]

In March 2016, CIMIC purchased mining company Sedgman for A$256 million.[16] In December 2016, CIMIC purchased engineering company UGL Limited for A$524 million.[17]

Structure

CIMIC Group includes the following businesses:[18]

  • CPB Contractors, including Leighton Asia and Broad (construction)
  • Thiess (mining)
  • Sedgman (mining)
  • UGL Limited (services)
  • Pacific Partnerships (public private partnerships)
  • EIC Activities (consultancy)
  • Ventia (services)

Major projects
Antilia, the world's most valuable private residence, South Mumbai, India

Major projects undertaken by Leighton Contractors (renamed CPB Contractors in January 2016) include:

Ownership

About 70% of the shares in CIMIC Group are held by Hochtief which in turn is owned by the ACS Group.[56]

Hong Kong railway project

Leighton Asia, a subsidiary of CIMIC Group, was awarded the contract for constructing the Hung Hom station extension of the Sha Tin to Central Link, a high profile railway network extension project in Hong Kong in 2013.[57] In 2018, Leighton Asia was accused of failure to comply with local safety standards and attempting to hide this failure until a whistleblower leaked its evidence to the local press.[58] During a hearing of the commission of inquiry, the Hong Kong Government accused Leighton of corporate arrogance.[59]

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References
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  5. Leighton plans to merge with construction giant Canberra Times 9 June 1983 page 23
  6. Chances for profit curbed, Leighton chairman says Canberra Times 25 October 1984 page 21
  7. Into the 1980s Thiess
  8. Smorgon Steel boosts stocks Australian Financial Review 17 April 1997
  9. "Australia's Leighton acquires 70% in John Holland". Asia Times. 25 January 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  10. "Leighton Holdings accused of paying bribes in Iraq". ABC. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  11. "Guilty plea in London exposes Australian company for alleged corruption". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  12. Hochtief installs own CEO at helm of Leighton, sweetens offer to raise majority stake, International, Reuters, 2014
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  41. "Oh brother, spare me the time – World". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
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  46. "Royal Adelaide Hospital builder ordered to pay Chinese cladding company almost $2 million". ABC. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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  49. "Leighton team scoops $2.7bn Sydney motorway". Construction Index. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  50. "Financial close reached for Canberra metro rail project". Infra PPP World. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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  52. "John Holland and CPB Contractors JV to build Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel Project". Global Construction. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  53. "The big dig: New Harbour Metro crossing underway". Sydney Metro. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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  56. Financial report 2014
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  59. "Government warns MTR Corp and Leighton Contractors against altering safety standards in Hung Hom station platform case". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers (Alibaba Group). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

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