Processing timeline
7
days
Filed
31 Mar 2026
Acquirer(s)
VC OPERATIONS (WA) PTY LTD ABN - 28 646 499 005
Target(s) or Vendor(s)
Wayne Shipham and Raylene Shipham as trustees for McGuire Family Trust ABN - 96 315 737 133, DROVERS VET HOSPITAL PTY LTD ABN - 67 159 300 768
Other parties
FACEBARK PTY LTD ABN - 71 154 736 884, NORTHERN BEACHES VETERINARY HOSPITAL PTY LTD ABN - 90 650 961 541, VETS CENTRAL HOLDINGS PTY LTD ABN - 60 652 812 256, VC OPERATIONS (NSW) PTY LTD ABN - 86 646 515 433, KINGS ROAD VETERINARY SURGERY PTY LTD ABN - 89 609 596 910, VC OPERATIONS PTY LTD ABN - 86 641 403 938, VETS CENTRAL PTY LTD ABN - 25 646 462 973, Vets Central (New Zealand) Limited NZBN - 9429051820992, MISTYCAT PTY LTD ABN - 12 644 129 224
Vets Central Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian veterinary group with 81 practices, is acquiring 100% of the shares in Drovers Vet Hospital Pty Ltd. Drovers Vet Hospital is a full-service veterinary practice in Wanneroo, Western Australia, operating in the veterinary services sector.
Vets Central Holdings Pty Ltd (together, with its subsidiaries, Vets Central ), proposes to acquire 100% of the shares on issue in Drovers Vet Hospital Pty Ltd ( Drovers Vet Hospital ) from Dr Wayne Shipham and Raylene Shipham as trustees for the McGuire Family Trust. Vets Central is an Australian-owned veterinary group that owns and operates 81 first opinion veterinary practices across Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, Vets Central’s practices provide core and ancillary veterinary services, for household pets as well as livestock, and other exotic species. The services primarily include routine, planned, and emergency veterinary services (excluding after-hours services). Vets Central was acquired by Pemba Capital Partners in September 2021 and sits within Pemba Capital Fund II. Drovers Vet Hospital is a full-service veterinary practice providing a range of first opinion core and ancillary veterinary services for household pets (extending to exotic pets) in the Wanneroo area of Western Australia.