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1Myer will be Australia's largest IPO since drilling services company Boart Longyear Ltd in April 2007.
2He was in Limerick for a mayoral reception to mark his retirement as executive chairman of the Boart Longyear Group.
3Boart Longyear, one of the oldest manufacturing operations in the Shannon Free Zone, closed yesterday with the loss of 42 jobs.
4Boart will launch a buyback of up to $105 million of its senior secured notes as part of the deal.
5Boart Longyear, one of the first companies in the Shannon airport industrial estate, has announced its intention to close from November 2005.
6Lucrative asset sales, including a stock market float of mining services company Boart Longyear Ltd BLY.AX, mostly took place in the first half.
7Shares of Boart closed on Wednesday at A$0.15, having tumbled 65 percent in the past year, valuing the company at $60.7 million.
8-A termination payout to Boart Longyear chief executive Craig Kipp may come under scrutiny at the mining services firm's annual meeting this week.
9Boart said the new restructuring plan involved up to $225 million in new "covenant lite" term loans and up to $127 million in new equity.