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About IPH

IPH is the holding company for intellectual property (“IP”) and associated companies offering a wide range of IP services and products.

IPH companies employ a highly skilled multidisciplinary team of approximately 1,000 people in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Thailand and Hong Kong. IPH companies service a diverse client base of Fortune Global 500 companies, multinationals, public sector research organisations, SMEs and professional services firms worldwide.

In 2014 IPH acquired Spruson & Ferguson, which was established in 1887 as one of the first Australian patent and trade marks attorney firms. After successful IPO in November 2014, IPH became the first IP services group to list on the Australian Stock Exchange. In 2015 IPH acquired Fisher Adams Kelly, Callinans and Pizzeys Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys – long established Australian IP firms; and Practice Insight, a specialist IP software development company. In 2016 IPH acquired Cullens Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys – an Australian IP firm with 80 years’ history; and Ella Cheong (Hong Kong) Limited and its subsidiary Ella Cheong Intellectual Property Agency (Beijing) Company Limited – the Group’s first international acquisition. In 2017 IPH acquired New Zealand’s premier IP firm AJ Park. This was the Group’s first acquisition in the New Zealand market.

In February 2018, IPH announced Spruson & Ferguson would merge with Cullens and Fisher Adams Kelly Callinans to form one combined firm operating under the Spruson & Ferguson brand. Full integration was completed in July 2018.

On 15 August 2019 IPH completed the acquisition of the Xenith IP Group; and the Xenith businesses –  Glasshouse Advisory, Griffith Hack, Shelston IP and Watermark – have been welcomed into the IPH group.

In November 2019, IPH announced that Watermark would be integrated into Griffith Hack to form one combined firm operating under the Griffith Hack brand from April 2020. Full integration was completed in July 2020.

On 18 May 2020, IPH announced it had reached an agreement with Grant Thornton for it to acquire Glasshouse Advisory’s R&D tax incentive and Export Market Development Grants practices. These practices have now transferred to Grant Thornton and operate as part of the Grant Thornton Australia business and under the Grant Thornton brand.

On 10 June 2020, IPH announced that AJ Park had reached an agreement to acquire the New Zealand intellectual property firm, Baldwins Intellectual Property. On 16 October 2020, the acquisition was completed and Baldwins Intellectual Property joined AJ Park.

On 1 July 2021, IPH announced it had expanded its digital and trade mark capability with the acquisition of Applied Marks Pty Ltd. Applied Marks now operates as part of the IPH group.

On 1 November 2021 IPH announced that two of its members firms Shelston IP and Spruson & Ferguson had combined to create one firm operating under the Spruson & Ferguson brand in Australia. The integration sees Spruson & Ferguson further extending its position as a leading IP firm in Australia.

Today, IPH is an ASX 200 company with market capitalisation of approximately $AU1.8 billion.

Our Values

IPH’s success is underpinned by our core values of excellence in service delivery to our clients, innovation in value creation, integrity in business practices, efficiency and effectiveness in our operations and the empowerment and engagement of our people.

The IPH group businesses

  • AJ Park, established in 1891, is the premier New Zealand IP firm operating from offices in Auckland and Wellington. AJ Park is a full-service IP firm with a substantial local client base ranging from large multinational corporations and universities to start-up companies and entrepreneurs. On 16 October 2020, Baldwins Intellectual Property was successfully acquired by AJ Park, giving the AJ Park business greater depth and a strengthened client service capability.
  • Applied Marks is a leading Australian online automated trade mark application platform, also providing automated registration and intelligence services relating to companies and domain names, both directly to customers and through channel partners. Founded in 2008, Applied Marks is a leading filer in the Australian trade mark market, with a focus on the retail market.
  • Griffith Hack, established in 1904, is a multi-award-winning IP firm with a heritage stretching back more than 100 years. The firm is one of Australia’s largest filers of patents and trade marks and provides a comprehensive range of domestic and international services relating to the protection, management, commercialisation and enforcement of IP rights. From May 2020, the business of Watermark has been integrated into Griffith Hack, strengthening the combined business’ service offering.
  • Pizzeys Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys was established in 1981 and has offices in Brisbane, Canberra and Singapore. Pizzeys’ business is predominantly focused on in-bound work into Australia and Singapore from overseas IP associates and direct corporate clients.
  • Practice Insight (including WiseTime) is a specialist provider of software applications for IP and other professional services firms under recurring license arrangements. The company is currently focused on autonomous time recording software known as Wisetime.
  • Spruson & Ferguson  established in 1887, is one of the leading IP firms operating throughout the Asia-Pacific region, offering a variety of services for the protection, commercialisation, enforcement and management of IP. Spruson & Ferguson has over 480 employees working from 9 offices in Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Hong Kong.
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The information on this page is not part of the Prospectus.

If you agree to the conditions on this page, you will be given access to an electronic version of the Offer Document.

Before downloading, printing or viewing any of the documents on this website, you must carefully read the terms set out in this notice.

The Offer Document (defined below) is an important document that should be read in its entirety before deciding whether to participate in the Offer (as referred to below and set out in the Offer Document). You should rely only on information in the Offer Document and any supplementary or replacement document. If after reading the Offer Document, you have questions about the Offer, you should contact your professional advisers. You can contact the IPH Offer Information Line on 1300 653 497 from 8.30am until 5.30pm (AEDT) Monday to Friday for further information.

Offer of Securities

The Offer Document contains details of an offer (“Offer”) by IPH Limited ACN 169 015 838 (“IPH” or “Company”) and IPH (SaleCo) Pty Limited ACN 600 396 825 of fully paid ordinary shares (“Shares” or "Securities”) in IPH. IPH applied to ASX Limited (“ASX”) within seven days after the date of the Offer Document for quotation of Securities on ASX.

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