1 Nov 2011 09:39
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01 November 2011
For immediate release
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Bumi plc ("Bumi" or the "Company")
Update on Shareholder Credit Facility
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Bumi plc wishes to draw shareholders' attention to the following announcement (attached) made today by PT Bakrie & Brothers Tbk regarding their and a Bakrie entity's shareholding, Long Haul Holdings (collectively known as the "Bakrie Group"), in Bumi plc. Under the terms of an agreement, which is subject to various approvals, PT Borneo Lumbung Energi & Metal Tbk, a listed Indonesian mining group, and the Bakrie Group will jointly own a 47.6% stake in Bumi plc.
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The transaction is valued at US$1billion which values Bumi plc shares at approximately Β£10.91. The Bakrie Group intend to apply the proceeds to paying down the collateralised loan against its shareholding in Bumi plc considerably reducing its debt position.
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For further information, please contact:
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Bumi plc: + 44 (0) 20 7201 7507
Nick von Schirnding
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J.P. Morgan Cazenove: +44 (0) 20 7588 2828
Ian Hannam
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Credit Suisse: +44 (0)20 7888 1944
James Leigh Pemberton
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Finsbury: +44 (0)20 7251 3801
Ed Simpkins
Charles Chichester
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"Press Release - Bakrie & Brothers
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Jakarta, 1 November 2011
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PTΒ BakrieΒ &Β BrothersTbkΒ ("BNBR"Β orΒ theΒ "Company")Β isΒ pleasedΒ toΒ announceΒ thatΒ asΒ a follow Β up to our Β announcementΒ dated Β 7 Β October 2011,Β the Β Company and another Bakrie related entity, Β Long Haul Holdings ("LHH" - collectively known as "Bakrie Group"),Β hasΒ embarkedΒ onΒ aΒ strategicpartnership with PTΒ BorneoΒ Lumbung Β EnergiΒ & MetalΒ Tbk ("BORN") with the signingΒ ofΒ a Sales and Purchase AgreementΒ ("SPA") whichΒ tookΒ place inΒ Jakarta onΒ 31Β October 2011.
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UnderΒ theΒ terms ofΒ theΒ SPAΒ andΒ uponΒ completion ofΒ theΒ transaction,Β Bakrie Group and BORNΒ willΒ ownΒ indirectlyΒ 47.6%shareholdingΒ inΒ LondonΒ listedΒ BumiΒ pic,Β whichΒ inΒ return owns direct and Β indirect investments in PT Bumi Resources Tbk, PT Berau Coal EnergyΒ TbkΒ andΒ PTΒ BumiΒ ResourcesΒ Minerals Tbk.
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The transaction is valued at USD 1 billion which valuesΒ Bumi plc's sharesΒ at approximatelyΒ GBP10.91atΒ theΒ dateΒ ofΒ announcement,Β representingΒ aΒ premiumof:
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β’ ApproximatelyΒ 46%Β toΒ theΒ closingpriceΒ ofΒ BumiΒ plc'sΒ shares Β onΒ theΒ LSEΒ onΒ 28
October Β 2011 Β and Β approximately Β 45% Β premium Β to Β the Β last Β 20-day Β volume-
weightedΒ averagetradingΒ priceΒ ofΒ BumiΒ plc'sΒ shares.
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β’ Approximately 5% premium toΒ the last 6 month volume-weightedΒ average tradingΒ priceΒ ofΒ approximatelyΒ GBP10.34
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TheΒ considerationΒ willΒ beΒ payableinΒ cashΒ andΒ BakrieΒ GroupΒ willΒ useΒ theΒ proceeds from theΒ transactionΒ toΒ payΒ downΒ aΒ financingΒ facilityinitiallyΒ coordinated Β byΒ CSΒ ("CSΒ Loan"), thereforeΒ reducingΒ BNBR'soverallΒ debtΒ positionconsiderably.
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Bakrie GroupΒ expectsΒ to complete the transaction onorΒ around the endΒ ofΒ December 2011 following BORN shareholders approving the transaction and satisfaction of regulatoryΒ andΒ otherΒ approvals.
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"ThisΒ transactionΒ isΒ anotherΒ important stepΒ forwardΒ forΒ theΒ CompanyΒ asΒ itΒ enhancesour objectives forΒ theΒ creationofΒ anΒ "Indonesia Inc."Β inΒ an international mining company. TheΒ deleveragingΒ aspectΒ ofΒ thisΒ transaction isΒ alsoΒ important asΒ itΒ provides BNBRΒ with aΒ healthierΒ andΒ strongerΒ balance sheet.Β Furthermore, weΒ haveΒ againΒ demonstrated our commitment to meet our creditors' obligations and highly appreciate their support towards BNBR especially during these volatile market conditions," said Bobby Gafur Umar,Β PresidentΒ DirectorandΒ CEO ofΒ BNBR.
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BNBRΒ willΒ makeΒ appropriateΒ disclosuresΒ uponΒ completionΒ ofΒ allΒ relevantdocumentation andΒ approvals.
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CreditΒ SuisseΒ assistedΒ BNBRΒ inΒ aΒ financialΒ advisorycapacity."
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