Apex - Mercer Administration Services and related assets

Apex Group Limited (Apex), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Apex Group Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd proposes to acquire all of the issued share capital in Mercer Administration Services (Australia) Pty Limited (Mercer Administration Services) and certain assets (including contracts and records necessary to service the contracts) of Mercer Outsourcing (Australia) Pty Ltd (Mercer Outsourcing) from Mercer (Australia) Pty Ltd and Mercer Outsourcing (the Acquisition).

Apex is a global financial solutions provider, offering a suite of services to superannuation funds, asset managers, capital markets, family offices and corporates. Apex provides a broad range of services including investor services, custody, private equity, corporate services, and fund administration.

Mercer Administration Services and Mercer Outsourcing (together, Mercer) are both providers of outsourcing and administration services, primarily for the Australian superannuation industry. They manage administrative functions for a wide range of superannuation funds.

Both Apex and Mercer supply administration services to superannuation funds in Australia. Administration services include fund administration (contribution and benefit payments, service improvement and development), fund accounting, insurance administration (including claims support) and risk administration (incident and complaints management, systems analysis and insurance remediation).