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Santos’ failed merger cost its CEO $28 million

For the advisers helping the companies conduct due diligence, news of the deal’s demise would have been felt as a firm blow to the solar plexus.

Myriam RobinRear Window editor

Feb 7, 2024 – 5.16pm

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Woodside’s pursuit of Santos, it turns out, was no romance for the ages but more of a juvenile fling.

And like any schoolyard saga’s conclusion, there’s mileage to be made in insisting one was the dumper rather than the dumped.

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