Sydney Airport Corporation Limited (SACL)[1] was formed by the Australian Federal Government as the corporate entity and sole leaseholder for Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport. It owns the airport operator for Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, Sydney Airport Limited.
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| Sydney Airport Limited (ABN 18 165 056 360) | |
| Company type | Private company |
| (ABN 62 082 578 809) | |
| Industry | |
| Founded | May 28, 1998 |
| Headquarters | The Nigel Love Building, 10 Arrivals Court, Sydney International Airport, , |
| Services | Aviation services |
| Owner | Sydney Aviation Alliance Holdings Pty Ltd (SAAHPL) |
| Subsidiaries | Sydney Airport Finance Company Pty Limited (ABN 31 110 565 261) |
Whilst the airports are privately controlled under this agreement, the Australian Government still retains responsibility for other airport-related services through agencies such as Airservices Australia (air traffic control, aviation communications/navigation-aids, airport fire-fighting and rescue), the Australian Customs Service, the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Infrastructure and Transport.
History
editSydney Airport Corporation Limited (SACL) was incorporated on 28 May 1998 and commenced operations on 1 July 1998 [2] as the long-term lessee of Sydney Airports from the Australian Federal Government under the Airports Act 1996.[3] At the point of incorporation, it owned the leases for all the airports in the Sydney region – Sydney Airport, Bankstown, Hoxton Park and Camden – as a Government Business Enterprise.[4]
On 13 December 2000, the Australian Government announced its intention to privatise the Sydney basin airports, with Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport to be sold separately followed by the remaining three airports (Bankstown, Camden and Hoxton Park). After conducting a scoping study, the Government announced it had decided SACL would be broken up and privatised as two separate and competing companies: one company would operate Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport; and Bankstown, Camden and Hoxton Park Airports would be operated as separate companies jointly managed under another company.[5] The decision to sell Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport by a 100 per cent trade sale was made on 29 March 2001 and the Australian Government entered into an arrangement for Macquarie Bank to lease and operate the airport as Sydney Airport Holdings for a period of 99 years via its ownership of SACL.
Ownership
editThe owner of SACL with 100% interest was Sydney Airport Holdings until its acquisition in 2022 by Sydney Aviation Alliance Holdings Pty Ltd (SAAHPL) which comprises the following parties:[6]
| Owner | Stake |
|---|---|
| IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund | 14.99% |
| IFM Global Infrastructure Fund | 18% |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd | 7.5% |
| QSuper | 7.5% |
| Global Infrastructure Partners | 37% |
| UniSuper | 15.01% |
Sydney Airport Holdings
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| Formerly | |
|---|---|
| Company type | Holding company |
| ABN 098 082 029 | |
| Industry | |
| Founded | June 7, 2002 |
| Defunct | March 9, 2022 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Headquarters | The Nigel Love Building, 10 Arrivals Court, Sydney International Airport, , |
Key people |
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| Services | Aviation services |
| Revenue | A$1.057 billion (2013) |
| A$75 million (2013) | |
| Owner | Sydney Aviation Alliance Holdings Pty Ltd (SAAHPL) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [7] | |
Sydney Airport Holdings (ASX: SYD) was a publicly listed Australian holding company which owned a 100% interest in Kingsford Smith Airport via leaseholder Sydney Airport Corporation. Its head office is located in Mascot, New South Wales and it operates three passenger and seven cargo terminals in Sydney, and supplies a range of aeronautical services and facilities to airlines, retailers and other users. It was delisted in March 2022[8] from the Australian Stock Exchange when acquired by Sydney Aviation Alliance (SAA).[9]
History
editIn 1989, Qantas bought a 30-year lease on the domestic terminal of Sydney Airport, but sold it back to the Airport's operator in August 2015 for US$395 million.[10]
In 2002, Macquarie Bank won the bid for a 99-year lease on the airport for A$5.6 billion through consortium Southern Cross Airports Corporation Holdings Limited[11][12] which it funded through the IPO of managed airport fund – Macquarie Airports (MAP) ASX: MAP – under a combination of trusts managed by Macquarie Bank until it was spun off in 2009 to form MAp Airports (MAp). MAp owned shareholdings in Brussels and Copenhagen Airports, and an 84.8% stake in Sydney Airport.[13]
In 2011, MAp Airports traded its stakes in the Brussels and Copenhagen airports to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in exchange for the OTPP's 11% stake in Sydney airport.[14] In December 2011, MAp Airports renamed itself Sydney Airport Holdings.[15] The company retained a 1% stake in Bristol Airport until 2013.[16]
In 2013, Sydney Airport Holdings took a 100% stake in Sydney Airport by issuing securities to, or buying out, minority owners of the airport, which included various superannuation funds.[17]
In August 2013, it was revealed that, since the airport had been acquired by the Macquarie Bank in 2002, it didn't pay corporate taxes, even though all other airports in the country did.[18] In November 2013, the Macquarie Bank sold its shares of the airport back to its own shareholders, cashing $377 million in the process.[19]
In November 2021, the company announced that it had agreed to accept a A$23.6 billion takeover bid from the Sydney Aviation Alliance (SAA), a consortium comprising IFM Investors, QSuper and Global Infrastructure Partners, advised by Macquarie Capital.[20][21][22] In December 2021, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission approved the deal.[23][24] The acquisition was completed in March 2022.
Management
editThe company's inaugural CEO was Max Moore-Wilton AC, serving from 2002 until April 2006; when Moore-Wilton resigned as CEO to become Chairman of Sydney Airport Holdings. He was succeeded as CEO by former Australian Broadcasting Corporation managing director, Russell Balding.[25] In 2011, Kerrie Mather, a senior executive with MAp – a trust spun out of the Macquarie Group, succeeded Balding as CEO.[26]
References
edit- ^ "Ownership". Sydney Airport Corporation. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ Commonwealth of Australia (21 June 2002). "Annex A". LEASE BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AS LESSOR AND SYDNEY AIRPORT CORPORATION LIMITED ACN 082 578 809 AS LESSEE (PDF) (Report). Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
- ^ Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (25 February 2010). "Act No. 42, 1996". Airports Act 1996 (Report). Australian Government Federal Register of Legislation.
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Sydney Airports Corporation Limited – Statement of Corporate Intent, 1999-2004 (PDF). Parliament of Australia. 9 December 1999.
- ^ The Sale of Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (PDF) (Report). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian National Audit Office. 8 May 2003.
- ^ "Public informal merger reviews register". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 9 October 2021.
- ^ Financial Report for Year Ended 31 December 2013 (Report). Sydney Airport Holdings. March 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ Wiggins, Jenny (9 February 2022). "Sydney Airport waves farewell to the ASX". The Australian Financial Review.
- ^ "Sydney Aviation Alliance completes acquisition of Sydney Airport". InvestorDaily. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Rebecca Thurlow (18 August 2015). "Qantas Sells Lease on Sydney Airport Terminal". The Wall Street Journal. Sydney: Dow & Jones Company. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Sydney Airport sold for 5.58 billion". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 June 2002.
- ^ "Sydney Airport Sold To Bank-Led Group". The New York Times. 25 June 2002.
- ^ "Macquarie Airports remains grounded". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 2002.
- ^ "Teachers' invests in premier European airports" (Press release). CNW Group. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ ASX Release: Sydney Airport - change of ASX ticker to SYD. Sydney Airport. 2011.
- ^ "Ontario Teachers becomes sole owner of Bristol Airport". Reuters. London. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Full Ownership of Sydney Airport: ATO Resolution and SYD Simplification. Sydney: Sydney Airport. 2013.
- ^ Michael West (23 August 2013). "Airport's pot of gold". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ Matt O'Sullivan (2 November 2013). "Macquarie exits airport stake". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ Connell, Cecilia (8 November 2021). "Sydney Airport board agrees to $23.6bn takeover deal with international consortium". ABC News. Sydney.
- ^ Duran, Paulina (7 November 2021). "Sydney Airport agrees to $17.5 bln buyout as Australia begins reopening". Reuters. Sydney.
- ^ "Advising on the acquisition of Sydney Airport by the Sydney Aviation Alliance" (Press release). 25 May 2023.
- ^ Druce, Alex (9 December 2021). "ACCC approves mammoth $23.6b private equity takeover of Sydney Airport". News.com.au. Sydney: News Corp Australia.
- ^ Shashwat Awasthi (8 December 2021). "Australia regulator greenlights $17 bln Sydney Airport takeover". Reuters. Sydney.
- ^ Rochfort, Scott; Lee, Julian (21 January 2006). "Max the Axe exits with Balding waiting in wings". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Creedy, Steve (9 June 2011). "Kerrie Mather takes top job at Sydney Airport". The Australian. Sydney: News Corp Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2014.