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The acquisition is subject to a four year earn-out structure, from 2013 to 2016 inclusive, with further annual consideration payments being made during this period, dependent on the level of future profit growth achieved. The total consideration for the acquisition by 2016 is expected to be around RMB 949.4 million (£95.2 million). If Catch Stone significantly outperforms current forecasts, the total consideration could be higher with a cap on the maximum amount payable of RMB 1.5 billion (£150.4 million). All consideration payments will be satisfied in cash. Completion of the acquisition is contingent upon the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The unaudited profit before tax of Catch Stone for the year ended 31 December 2011 was RMB 81 million (£8.1 million) and the value of the gross assets at that time was RMB 375.9 million (£37.7 million).

Aegis to acquire leading Chinese digital agency, Catch Stone, for initial consideration of £55.2m Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), the world's leading, focused media and digital communications group, today announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Beijing Catch Stone Advertising Co., Ltd and the business of Shanghai Catch Stone Culture Media Co., Ltd (collectively referred to in this announcement as "Catch Stone"), an established full service digital media and marketing agency in China, for an initial consideration of RMB 550 million (£55.2 million). Catch Stone is an established digital agency in China. Its capabilities include digital media planning and buying as well as a range of digital marketing services in areas including creative origination and social media. Catch Stone is a leading media buying agency operating across China with a particular specialism in the automotive and financial services sectors. It has a strong mix of multi-national and local clients in these sectors, including Audi, Nissan, Saic GM Wuling (SGMW), Industrial Bank and Inoherb. Catch Stone was formed in 2002 and now employs over 130 people in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. With Catch Stone, Aegis Media will have a strengthened position in digital media planning and buying in China, one of the world's fastest growing advertising segments. The acquisition of Catch Stone is in line with Aegis's strategy of targeting acquisitions with a specific focus on digital businesses and faster-growing regions. Catch Stone will form a separate network brand for Aegis Media in China, working alongside Aegis's other network brands of Carat, Vizeum, Isobar, iProspect and Posterscope.

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CEO of Sports Stars Media, Ruben Dias, commented: "Since joining AIM earlier this year the focus has been on developing the MSO TV series. However, given the increasing interactive nature of digital media applications we have decided to incorporate the TV series into a wider offering so that we can take advantage of a range of new revenue generating opportunities. We are very excited by the huge potential afforded to us by combining social media, mobile and interactive augmented reality applications."

HIGHLIGHTS · Creation of a fully interactive branded web platform with social gaming and mobile app development, increasing viewer, user and subscriber participation and providing scope for a range of new revenue streams, including sponsorship, merchandising and product placement. · Due to cost efficiencies in SSM's current production process, no additional funding will be required to meet costs in relation to the new web portal · The enhanced strategy is designed to take advantage of emerging trends of media consumption with the focus on real and virtual world applications as children access content via interoperable devices, such as smartphones, at an increasing rate.

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Commenting on the Offer, Jo Taylor, Vice President & Senior Representative London Office, Teachers' Private Capital, said: "We believe that this will be a win-win for investors, employees and the thousands of players who enjoy using Goals' facilities each week. The management team has built a robust business since acquiring Goals in 2000, and we are excited at the growth plans for the future. Our aim is to cement Goals' position as the UK's premier 5-a-side operator and help the business to achieve its full potential."

· Commenting on the Offer, Sir Rodney Walker, Chairman of Goals and Chairman of the committee of the Independent Directors, said: "The Independent Directors unanimously recommend the Offer by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board at a price which offers a significant cash premium to recent market prices. The Offer by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board provides Goals Shareholders with certainty in a difficult economic environment, where significant execution risks remain around consumer facing businesses. I and the other Independent Directors consider, for the reasons set out in this announcement, that the Offer represents a fair and reasonable opportunity for Goals Shareholders to realise cash value not otherwise available in the market." · Commenting on the Offer, Keith Rogers, Managing Director of Goals, said: "The Goals management team is excited about partnering with OTPP. This investment will represent a significant step in the implementation of management's strategy to expand our scale, geography and capability. Twelve years ago, we positioned Goals to capture value through the provision of "next generation soccer facilities" across the UK. With OTPP, we can now deliver our longer term vision of allowing thousands more players, young and old, access to the unique Goals experience."

Goliath Bidco Limited ("Goliath") a company controlled by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board ("OTPP") Summary · The board of Goliath and the Independent Directors of Goals are pleased to announce that they have agreed the terms of a recommended cash offer pursuant to which Goliath will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Goals. Goliath is a newly-incorporated company controlled by OTPP and in which OTPP indirectly holds substantially all of the economic rights. It is intended that the Offer will be effected by way of a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act. · Under the terms of the Offer, Goals Shareholders will be entitled to receive 144 pence in cash for each Goals Share, valuing the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Goals (fully diluted by the Goals Share Options which are in-the-money and capable of exercise) at approximately £73.1 million. · The Offer of 144 pence for each Goals Share represents a premium of approximately:

20 July 2012 Anglo American plc notification: Kumba Iron Ore Limited interim results 2012 Anglo American plc wishes to draw attention to Kumba Iron Ore Limited's announcement of its results for the six months ended 30 June 2012. Kumba Iron Ore Limited reported headline earnings of R7,409 million. Anglo American plc will report underlying earnings in respect of Kumba Iron Ore Limited of $614 million for the six months ended 30 June 2012, which takes into account certain adjustments.

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Norseman Gold Plc Placing Norseman Gold plc ("Norseman" or "Company") is pleased to announce that due to strong demand the proposed placing announced on 18 July 2012 has been increased to raise approximately A$25 million through the issue of 625,000,000 new ordinary shares of 1.25 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to institutional investors at an issue price of 4 cents (2.65 pence) each ("Placing"). The Placing has been managed by Moelis Australia Advisory Pty Ltd and Ocean Equities Limited acting as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers and included investors introduced by Northland Capital Partners Limited. The funds raised from the Placing will be used for the Company's working capital requirements including the reduction of existing creditors as announced on 18 July 2012. The Placing will be processed in two tranches. Application has been made for the first tranche of 73,830,333 Ordinary Shares, raising approximately A$3m, which is not conditional upon shareholder approval, to be admitted to trading on AIM with effect from 26 July 2012. The second tranche of 551,169,667 Ordinary Shares, raising approximately A$22 million, requires receipt of shareholder approval at a general meeting to be held on or around 23 August 2012. Following admission of the first tranche of Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Placing the Company will have 566,032,556 Ordinary Shares in issue and, assuming no further issues are made, following the admission of the second tranche of Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Placing the Company will have 1,117,202,223 Ordinary Shares in issue. The trading halt on ASX has been lifted with immediate effect.

CEO Statement: John Dragnis, Chief Executive Officer of the Company commented: "Our Company is in a robust financial condition with good levels of liquidity, and moderate leverage, which are critical competitive advantages in today's challenging marketplace. We continue to maintain relatively strong forward employment for our fleet with 87% and 62% of 2012 available days covered for the container and the dry cargo fleet respectively, thus ensuring clear visibility on our cash flow but given the weak trading we are restricting new charters to shorter durations than we have in the past. We have taken advantage of high scrap values to reinforce liquidity for a continuation of our fleet renewal program with all three vessels disposed of in 2012 being scrapped at a price above $400 per ton. We remain confident on the future growth prospect of the Company, even in today's difficult trading environment, and we closely monitor all potential investment opportunities with our two ultimate goals of safeguarding the Company's financial position and enhancing shareholder value.

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International Businesses Our established international businesses in USA, France and Spain continue to grow their customer and policy numbers. Our USA business has expanded its marketing activity, with new campaigns started with EPCOR and Water One. We have also increased our number of marketable households with the signing of an affinity partner agreement with Alameda County Water District, a municipal water utility, which serves 80,000 households in California. Retention in our USA business remains high with the rate at the end of June remaining in line with 31 March 2012. Doméo, our established business in France, has maintained a high retention rate of around 87% and with continued growth in income per customer. Our test marketing in Italy with Enel is ongoing and we have also started our test activity with BS Energy in Germany. Financial Position HomeServe's financial position remains strong with net debt at 30 June 2012 of £61m, providing significant headroom against our committed facility of £250m.

UK We are making progress in simplifying and refocusing the business and remain on track to achieve our full year customer number and retention targets. Our affinity partners remain supportive and we are continuing to implement our marketing plans as well as reviewing and developing new customer propositions which we will be testing through the second half of the year. The Financial Services Authority's investigation into our past issues has started and, as we said in May 2012, will take a number of months to complete. We are making good progress in implementing our business improvement initiatives, including strengthening the UK Board with the appointment of David Bennett as Non-Executive Chairman of HomeServe Membership Limited. David has significant experience of working in the regulated financial services sector having held a number of senior executive positions including Group Chief Executive of Alliance & Leicester plc and an Executive Director of Abbey plc.

Interim Management Statement HomeServe plc, the international home emergency business, today publishes its Interim Management Statement for the period 1 April 2012 to 20 July 2012. This statement coincides with the company's Annual General Meeting which takes place today. HomeServe continues to grow its international businesses and in the UK is making progress in simplifying and refocusing the business. As in previous years, our trading will be weighted towards the second half of the financial year reflecting the seasonality of our marketing activity and associated renewals profile. We will, as usual, provide a trading update on our performance in the first six months of our financial year before we enter the close period at the end of September 2012.

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OUTLOOK We are confident that the long awaited marketing authorisations in the US and Canada will have a major positive effect on the development of ECO, although it will be some months before the product launches gain momentum. We do not expect a noticeable impact on our financial performance until next year. ECO is very well placed to further broaden its product ranges and its global spread will ensure that it capitalises on opportunities as they arise in all the Group’s major markets. The Group is set for an exciting future and looks forward to maximising value for shareholders.

Peter Lawrence, Executive Chairman of ECO Animal Health Group plc, commented: “ECO Animal Health Group has delivered another strong set of results for the year ended 31 March 2012 and the current year has started well. We are confident that the long awaited marketing authorisations in the US and Canada will have a major positive effect on the development of ECO, although it will be some months before the product launches gain momentum. We do not expect a noticeable impact on our financial performance until next year. ECO is very well placed to further broaden its product ranges and its global reach will ensure that it capitalises on opportunities as they arise in all the Company’s major markets. The Company is set for an exciting future and looks forward to maximising value for shareholders”