THE MYER EMPORIUM LIMITED

THE MYER EMPORIUM LIMITED
 
SECURITY TYPE: Notes
YEAR: 1964
INITIAL PRICE: $2.00
NUMBER OF SHARES: 50
COLOUR: Light Brown
AGE: 62
SIGNATURE: 
CERTIFICATE OWNER: JOHN BYRNE HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED
PRINTER: Sydney Registry
CONDITION: Fine
 
HISTORY
The Myer Emporium Limited was the corporate vehicle behind the Myer department-store group, which grew from Sidney Myer’s first Bendigo store in 1900 into one of Australia’s biggest retail chains. The company itself was incorporated in 1925 in a reconstruction to acquire Myer’s (Australia) Ltd, and by the 1960s it was a major Melbourne-based retail business with department stores, manufacturing interests, and finance activities. This 1964 document is not a share certificate but a registered unsecured note certificate, showing Myer raising debt capital at 7% rather than issuing equity. The company remained a major independent retailer until its later merger with G. J. Coles & Coy, creating Coles Myer in 1985.