Wellington Drive Technologies, the unprofitable manufacturer of energy efficient motors, has requested a trading halt pending an announcement. The irregularly traded shares fell 8.7 percent, or 1.5 cents, to 14 cents yesterday, valuing the Auckland-based company at $11.3 million. The stock has dropped 30 percent in the past 12 months. The manufacturer has embarked on a turnaround plan which has …

Genesis Energy, the state-owned energy company, has called a meeting of investors in its hybrid bonds to replace the trustee installed by the Financial Markets Authority with the Jim Bolger-chaired Trustees Executors. In September, the FMA appointed Corporate Trust as trustee for the debt for a period of six months after declining to issue a licence to existing trustee Perpetual …

Warehouse Group, which this week bought a majority stake in online retailer Torpedo7, almost doubled net profit after selling properties as part of leaseback arrangements, and will pay a bigger interim dividend than analysts were expecting. Net profit climbed to $106.5 million, or 34.2 cents per share, in the six months ended Jan. 27 from $54.2 million, or 17.4 cents, …