{{Short description|Australian business}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Webster Limited | logo = Webster_Limited_logo.png | logo_size = 250px | type = Privately held company | industry = Food and Beverage Manufacturing | foundation = 1831<ref>{{cite web|title=Webster Limited - a potted history|url=http://www.websterltd.com.au/corporate/history|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref> | founder = Alexander Webster<ref>{{cite web|title=Webster – the family behind a growing success story|url=http://business.nab.com.au/webster-the-family-behind-a-growing-success-story-2858|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref> | location = Tasmania and Riverina, Australia | key_people = Roderick Roberts, <small>''Chairman''</small><ref>{{cite web|title=WEBSTER LIMITED details|url=http://www.websterltd.com.au/corporate/contacts|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref> John Hosken<small>''CEO''</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Contacts page (Webster Limited website)|url=http://www.websterltd.com.au/corporate/contacts|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref> | products = Walnuts, Cotton, and Livestock<ref name="ar2017">{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2017 |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5770b8d4b8a79bc1087f2cfc/t/5a0e600dec212d62c91ee242/1510891602830/Webster_AR_LR-links.pdf |access-date=16 March 2018 |archive-date=3 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003170104/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5770b8d4b8a79bc1087f2cfc/t/5a0e600dec212d62c91ee242/1510891602830/Webster_AR_LR-links.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | revenue = {{profit}} {{A$}} 275 million (2017)<ref name="ar2017" /> | homepage = [http://www.websterltd.com.au/ www.websterltd.com.au] }} '''Webster Limited''' is an Australian business founded in 1831 by Alexander Webster, just 28 years after Van Diemen's Land was settled. Founded as a traditional pastoral house, '''Webster Limited''' is now a diversified food and agribusiness. '''Webster Limited''' acquired the Riverina walnut assets from Gunns Limited in 2010. It is now Australia and the southern hemisphere's largest walnut grower through its ownership and/or management of more than 2,200ha of orchards in Tasmania and the Riverina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Refocussed and Revitalised: Australia's Largest Onion and Walnut Producer is Poised for Growth|url=http://www.businessinfocus.com.au/index.php/2011/10/webster-limited/|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref> Webster has since diversified into cotton and livestock<ref>{{cite web|title=Webster to double irrigation area of Kooba properties in Riverina|url=https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/horticulture/webster-to-double-irrigation-area-of-kooba-properties-in-riverina/news-story/39df53d8b21644ea5901363be21a3d76 |accessdate=30 March 2018}}</ref> following their {{A$}} 116 million purchases of the 40,000-hectare prime Riverina cropping aggregation, "Kooba," in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Webster snatches up 'Kooba'| date=3 December 2014| url=http://www.farmonline.com.au/story/3373561/webster-snatches-up-kooba/| accessdate=30 March 2018}}</ref>
== Acquisition and delisting from ASX == The Canadian Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) has acquired all capital in Webster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.investpsp.com/en/ |access-date=2023-11-01| title=Public Sector Pension Board}}</ref> PSP Investments has added Webster Limited assets to its stable Australian agricultural investments,<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian pension fund swoops on Webster in $854m bid| url=https://www.afr.com/companies/agriculture/canadian-pension-fund-swoops-on-webster-s-in-854m-bid-20191003-p52x82 | publisher=The Australian Financial Review | date= 3 October 2019 | accessdate=20 September 2020}}</ref> including investments in the major Queensland-based nut producer Stahmann Farms Enterprises (SFE).<ref>{{cite web|title=Canada's PSP fund buys majority stake in Stahmann nutb usiness| url=https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/4648526/canadian-fund-buys-big-stake-in-stahmann-farms/| publisher=Fairfax Media | date=9 May 2017| accessdate=20 September 2020}}</ref>
On 21 February 2020, PSP delisted Webster from the Australian Securities Exchange.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20200221/pdf/44fb3nms865x20.pdf |access-date=2023-11-01 | title=Market Announcement |date=2020-02-21}}</ref>
==See also== {{portal|Australia|Companies}} *List of oldest companies in Australia
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.websterltd.com.au/ Webster Limited homepage]
Category:Companies formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Category:Agriculture companies of Australia Category:Companies established in 1831 Category:Companies based in Tasmania Category:Australian companies established in 1831