International Ferro Metals Chromite Supply Agreement Reached
January 21 2016 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMIFL
21 January 2016
International Ferro Metals Limited
("IFL" or the "Company")
Chromite Supply Agreement with Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited
Further to the announcement on 29 December 2015, the Company announces that its
South African subsidiaries, International Ferro Metals (SA) (Pty) Limited
("IFMSA") (in business rescue) and International Ferro Metals SA Holdings (Pty)
Ltd ("IFMSAH") have entered into a settlement agreement with Rustenburg
Platinum Mines Limited ("RPM") regarding its interests under a chromite supply
agreement under which RPM is obliged to supply UG2 chrome ore to IFMSA.
The terms of the settlement are that RPM will supply IFMSA with 10,000 tonnes
of UG2 per month for calendar year 2016 at no cost and 7,500 tonnes per month
from January 2017 to November 2020 at a cost of ZAR170 per tonne. The backlog
of approximately 57,000 tonnes at the end of December 2015 will be supplied at
a rate of 10,000 tonnes per month from January 2016, also at no cost. The
original contract provided for RPM to supply 15,000 tonnes per month until
November 2020 at no cost.
The settlement has eliminated the uncertainty surrounding the supply agreement
and accordingly will assist the asset sale process currently being conducted.
However it has a material impact on the agreement's value and consequently on
the value of the assets of IFMSA. As a result, there will be a material impact
on the purchase consideration to be payable by Samancor for the assets of
IFMSA. The business rescue practitioner will propose an amendment of the
business rescue plan to the creditors of IFMSA to take account of the
settlement agreement reached in respect of the supply agreement and the impact
of the anticipated price adjustment and resultant distribution to creditors. A
meeting of creditors will be convened to vote on the proposed amendment to the
business rescue plan.
It is not expected that that the timing of the proposed transaction with
Samancor will be materially impacted.
Further announcements in relation to the business recue proceedings will be
released in due course.
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For further information please visit www.ifml.com or contact:
International Ferro Metals Limited Tel: +27 14 574 6302
Chris Jordaan, Chief Executive Officer
Numis Securities Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000
James Black / John Prior / Paul Gillam
About International Ferro Metals:
International Ferro Metals produces ferrochrome, the essential ingredient in
stainless steel, from its integrated chromite mine and ferrochrome processing
operations in South Africa. International Ferro Metals is listed on the London
Stock Exchange under the symbol IFL.
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains certain forward looking statements which by nature,
contain risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and depend on
circumstances that occur in the future. There are a number of factors that
could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by these forward looking statements.
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