| name changed to Coles Group Limited | 29/11/2006 |
| ASIC has urged Coles shareholders to be wary of a recent low-ball offer from Direct Share Purchasing Corporation Pty Ltd to buy their shares for almost half their market value - CML shareholders have been offered $7.50 per share - an amount well below current market value - from Direct Share Purchasing Corporation, a company associated with David Tweed | 30/08/2006 |
| company completes an off-market share buy-back - investors received $10.23 for each Coles Myer share bought back from them, made up of a fully franked dividend of $7.23, and capital proceeds of $3.00 - note that the Tax Office has determined that, for capital gains tax purposes, you are deemed to have received capital proceeds of $4.19 per share - for capital gains tax purposes investors made a capital gain on each share for which they had a cost base of less than $4.19 or a capital loss on each share for which they had a reduced cost base greater than $4.19 | 10/07/2006 |
| shareholders who took part in the company's buy-back, received $8.30 per share, which included a fully franked dividend of $5.30 per share - for capital gains tax purposes, they are taken to have received $3.84 per share - the date the shares were sold under the buy-back was 23 May 2005 - if the capital proceeds of $3.84 were more than the cost base of the share, the difference is a capital gain to the shareholder in 2004-05 - if $3.84 was less than the share's reduced cost base, the difference is a capital loss | 23/05/2005 |
| company announces a share sale facility available to shareholders who held 800 shares or fewer on 8 March 2004 and whose address on the CML register was in Australia or New Zealand - if the capital proceeds were more than the cost base of the share, the difference was a capital gain to the shareholder in 2003-04 - if the capital proceeds were less than the share's reduced cost base, the difference was a capital loss (applies to shares acquired after 19 September 1985) | 11/03/2004 |
| name changed from GJ Coles and Company Limited | 13/02/1986 |