GOLDWAY'S BUY-OUT OFFER TO MC
MINING SHAREHOLDERS WHO DID NOT PREVIOUSLY ACCEPT ITS TAKEOVER
OFFER
MC Mining Limited (MC Mining or the Company) notes the announcement dated
22 May 2024 by Goldway Capital Investment
Limited (Goldway) which
indicates that Goldway is making an offer pursuant to section 662B
of the Australian Corporations
Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) to compulsorily
buy-out (Buy-Out Offer)
certain ordinary shares in the capital of MC Mining
(MCM Shares)
following Goldway's recent off-market takeover offer
for all of the ordinary shares in the Company (Takeover Offer).
Terms of the Buy-Out
Offer
The Buy-Out Offer will be on the
same terms as the Takeover Offer, including:
· the cash offer
consideration of A$0.16 (ZAR 1.96068/GBP0.08336) per MCM Share the
subject of a Buy-Out Offer; and
·
the terms relating to the currency conversion rate
(as previously announced by Goldway on 8 April 2024).
Goldway has lodged a 'Notice of right of buy-out to remaining
holder of securities following a takeover bid' ASIC Form
6022 with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission
(ASIC) and this notice is
being dispatched to eligible shareholders of the Company in
accordance with section 662B(1) of the Corporations Act
(Buy-Out
Notice).
Eligibility to accept the
Buy-Out Offer
In accordance with section
662A(2)(b) of the Corporations Act, the Buy-Out Offer only applies
to MCM Shares issued before 8 April 2024, being the date on which
the notice of defeating conditions was published in relation to the
Takeover Offer.
Duration of the Buy-Out
Offer
Shareholders who receive a Buy-Out
Notice (or anyone who acquires the shares the subject of a Buy-Out
Offer after the day on which the Buy-Out Notice is given) have the
right, under section 662C of the Corporations Act, within one
month[1] after the Buy-Out Notice is given
to provide written notice to Goldway requiring Goldway to acquire
its MCM Shares (Shareholder
Notice). Therefore, eligible shareholders have until 7.00pm
Sydney time/11.00am South African time on Tuesday, 25 June 2024 to accept the
Buy-Out Offer (Buy-Out Closing
Date). Where a Shareholder Notice is given to Goldway, a
binding contract is formed between Goldway and that respective
shareholder for the sale of its MCM Shares to Goldway on the terms
of the Takeover Offer.
Shareholders wishing to elect to
exercise their rights to accept the Buy-Out Offer should refer to
the key dates in respect of the Buy-Out Offer that are set out in
Goldway's announcement dated 22 May 2024.
No Requirement to
Sell
Under the Corporations Act the
Buy-Out Offer process does not compel or require the holder of
shares to accept the Buy-Out Offer. However, if and where an
eligible shareholder does not elect to send a Shareholder Notice to
Goldway to accept the Buy-Out Offer within the statutory one-month
period:
·
a holder of shares will retain title to and voting
rights in respect of the shares and will be subject to the risks of
being a minority shareholder in the Company;
·
the shares will not be the subject of a compulsory
acquisition notice under section 661B of Part 6A.1 of the
Corporations Act as Goldway has not lodged a compulsory acquisition
notice within the statutory deadline;
·
there is no assurance or certainty that Goldway
will exercise any general compulsory acquisition powers under
section 664A of Part 6A.2 of the Corporations Act; and
·
the shares may be able to be sold on market at the
prevailing trading price on the ASX and JSE, subject to and for so
long as the shares in MCM remain listed on the ASX and
JSE.
Shareholders are referred to the
previous announcement dated 20 May 2024 and released on 21 May 2024
titled 'Cancellation of Admission to Trading on AIM' which refers
to Goldway's intention to seek the delisting of shares from the ASX
and JSE, but in respect of which the formal commencement of such
process has not been announced. Shareholders should note that any
delisting of the Company's shares will not take place until the
formal end of the Buy-Out Offer process.
If you have any queries regarding
the Buy-Out Offer, please contact Bill Pavlovski, MC Mining's
Company Secretary, by email:
bill.pavlovski@mcmining.co.za.
This announcement has been approved
by the Company's Disclosure Committee.
For
more information contact:
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Bill Pavlovski
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Company Secretary
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Vision Corporate (Pty)
Ltd
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bill.pavlovski@mcmining.com.za
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Company advisers:
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Richard Johnson / Rob
Patrick
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Nominated Adviser
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Strand Hanson Limited
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+44 20 7409 3494
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Rory Scott
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Broker (AIM)
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Tennyson Securities
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+44 20 7186 9031
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Marion Brower
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Financial PR (South
Africa)
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R&A Strategic
Communications
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+27 11 880 3924
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BSM Sponsors Proprietary Limited is
the nominated JSE Sponsor
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About MC Mining Limited:
MC Mining is an AIM/ASX/JSE-listed
coal exploration, development and mining company operating in South
Africa. MC Mining's key projects include the Uitkomst Colliery
(metallurgical and thermal coal), Makhado Project (hard coking
coal), Vele Colliery (semi-soft coking and thermal coal), and the
Greater Soutpansberg Projects (coking and thermal coal).