CANCELLATION OF ADMISSION TO
TRADING ON AIM
MC Mining Limited (MC Mining or the Company) notes the announcements
by Goldway Capital Investment Limited
(Goldway), pursuant to
which Goldway's off-market takeover offer for all of the ordinary
shares in MC Mining (Ordinary
Shares) not already owned by Goldway or its associates (the
Offer) was declared
unconditional on 8 April 2024 and closed on 22 April 2024, with
Goldway receiving acceptances representing in excess of 75% of the
Ordinary Shares subject to the Offer. Goldway announced on 23 April
2024 that, together with acceptances received under the Offer, its
relevant interest represented 93.05% of the Company's issued
ordinary share capital. The Offer process was completed on 30 April
2024.
Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 41 of
the AIM Rules for Companies, the Company provides notification of
the cancellation of the admission to trading on AIM of MC Mining's
Ordinary Shares (the AIM
Cancellation).
The AIM Cancellation is expected to take
place at 7:00 a.m. BST on 19 June 2024 and, accordingly, the final
day of trading on AIM of the Ordinary Shares will be 18 June
2024.
Goldway announced in certain of its
Bidder's Statements that, in the event the Offer is successfully
concluded and it is eligible, it may exercise the general
compulsory acquisition rights over all the Ordinary Shares not
owned by Goldway, or its associates, under the Australian
Corporations Act. However, Goldway has not yet confirmed whether it
will proceed with such process. In addition, Goldway announced its
intention to seek the delisting of the Ordinary Shares from the ASX
and JSE, although to date the formal commencement of this process
has not been announced. Consequently, it is currently expected that
following the AIM Cancellation becoming effective, the Ordinary
Shares will continue to be listed and traded on the ASX and
JSE.
In light of this, there is no
current intention for the Company to provide a matched bargain
facility following the AIM Cancellation. However, in the event that
Goldway proceeds with the delisting by MC Mining of the Ordinary
Shares from both the ASX and the JSE, the Company will reassess
this position. Shareholders should note that there is no certainty
that Goldway will exercise any compulsory acquisition rights, if
eligible to do so, nor is there any certainty that a matched
bargain facility will be put in place. The liquidity and
marketability of the Ordinary Shares may be significantly reduced
following the AIM Cancellation and should MC Mining's delisting
from the ASX and JSE proceed, the ability of shareholders to trade
the Ordinary Shares will be further restricted.
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.co.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).