Washington H. Soul Pattinson

Washington H Soul Pattinson

Company type	Public company
Traded as	(ASX: SOL)
Industry	Diversified
Founded	21 January 1903
Founder	Lewy Pattinson
Headquarters	Sydney , Australia
Key people	Robert Millner, Executive chairman
Website	whsp.com.au

Washington H Soul Pattinson trading as Soul Pattison, is a publicly listed Australian investment company.

History

In 1872, Caleb Soul and his son Washington Handley opened a pharmacy store in Pitt Street, Sydney. In 1886, Lewy Pattinson opened a pharmacy in Balmain. In April 1902, Pattinson bought Soul out with the business incorporated as Washington H Soul Pattinson & Company Limited. On 21 January 1903, the company was listed on the Sydney Stock Exchange.^[1] As well as still operating some pharmacies in Sydney, it has become a large shareholder in companies involved in building materials, mining, property investment and telecommunications. In June 2021, terms were agreed to purchase Milton Corporation.^[2]

In April 2022, WHSP sold Round Oak Minerals to Aeris Resources for A$234m ($166.5m) in a cash and stock deal.^[3]

Investments

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2023)

Current

WHSP investments include:^[4]

Brickworks Limited (43.9%)
New Hope Coal (50.0%)
TPG Telecom (12.6%)^[5]

Former

NBN Television^[6]
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries

Chairmen

1903–1905 Lewy Pattinson
1906–1929 Sir Thomas Hughes
1929-???? Lewy Pattinson
?
1957–1969 William Frederick Pattinson
1969–1999 Jim Millner
1999–present Robert Millner

References

^ Who we are Washington H Soul Pattinson
^ Merger with Milton Corporation Limited to create a larger, more diversified and unique ASX company Washington H Soul Pattinson 22 June 2021
^ "Aeris Resources to acquire Australia-based Round Oak Minerals for $166m". Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ Current Operations^{[dead link]} Washington H Soul Pattinson
^ Accounting for the investment in TPG Telecom following the merger with Vodafone Hutchison Australia Washington H Soul Pattinson 15 July 2020
^ Pattinson to buy NBN TV Canberra Times 1 November 1989 page 19