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PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC - Acceptance of the Jadeite OfferPAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC - Acceptance of the Jadeite Offer
PR Newswire
London, May 31
Pan African Resources PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)
Share code on AIM: PAF
Share code on JSE: PAN
ISIN: GB0004300496
(“Pan African” or the “Company”)
ACCEPTANCE OF THE JADEITE OFFER
Pan African shareholders (“Shareholders”) are referred to the announcement published by the Company on 26 May 2016 (“Jadeite Announcement”), wherein Shareholders were advised that the Company had presented an offer (“Offer”) to Jadeite Limited (“Jadeite”) to acquire its 33.6% interest in Shanduka Gold Proprietary Limited subject to certain terms and conditions (“Jadeite Transaction”), and had concluded a bookbuild in terms of which it had secured undertakings from certain Shareholders and new institutional investors to acquire a maximum of 111 711 791 new Pan African ordinary shares (“Placement Shares”) pursuant to a vendor consideration placing (“Vendor Placing”).
Further to the Jadeite Announcement, Shareholders are advised that Jadeite has accepted the Offer and both the SBSA Transaction and Jadeite Transaction (the “Transactions”) have become unconditional. The Company expects the Transactions to be concluded simultaneously on or about 7 June 2016.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the Placement Shares to trading on AIM. The Company has received approval from the JSE Limited for the listing and trading of the Placement Shares on its Main Board (“Main Board”). It is expected that admission and listing of the Placement Shares on AIM and the Main Board will become effective on or about 3 June 2016.
Completion of the Vendor Placing remains conditional on, inter alia, admission of the Placement Shares to trading on AIM.
Rosebank, Johannesburg
1 June 2016
For further information on Pan African, please visit the Company’s website at http://www.panafricanresources.com/
Sole Corporate Advisor in respect of the Transactions, South African Bookrunnerand JSE Sponsor to Pan AfricanOne Capital
South African Legal Advisors to Pan AfricanWebber Wentzel
UK Bookrunners
| Numis Securities Limited | Peel Hunt LLP |
UK Legal Advisors to Pan AfricanFladgate LLP
Legal Advisors to UK BookrunnersMemery CrystalContact DetailsCorporate OfficeThe Firs Office Building1st Floor, Office 101Cnr. Cradock and Biermann AvenuesRosebank, JohannesburgSouth AfricaOffice: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900Facsimile: + 27 (0) 11 880 1240
Registered OfficeSuite 31Second Floor107 CheapsideLondonEC2V 6DNUnited KingdomOffice: + 44 (0) 207 796 8644Facsimile: + 44 (0) 207 796 8645
| Cobus Loots | Deon Louw |
| Pan African Resources PLC | Pan African Resources PLC |
| Chief Executive Officer | Financial Director |
| Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 | Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 |
| Phil Dexter | John Prior / James Black / George Fry |
| St James's Corporate Services Limited | Numis Securities Limited |
| Company Secretary | Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker |
| Office: + 44 (0)207 796 8644 | Office: + 44 (0)207 260 1000 |
| Sholto Simpson | Matthew Armitt / Ross Allister |
| One Capital | Peel Hunt LLP |
| JSE Sponsor and Transaction Advisor | Joint Broker |
| Office: + 27 (0)11 550 5009 | Office: + 44 (0)207 418 8900 |
| Gareth Driver / Huneiza Goolam | Julian Gwillim |
| Webber Wentzel | Aprio Strategic Communications |
| South African Legal Advisor | Public & Investor Relations SA |
| Office: + 27 (0)11 530 5000 | Office: + 27 (0)11 880 0037 |
| Daniel Thöle | |
| Bell Pottinger | |
| Public & Investor Relations UK | |
| Office: + 44 (0)203 772 2500 |
Numis and Peel Hunt, who are authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, are acting for the Company and for no-one else in relation to the Vendor Placing, and will not be responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their clients nor for providing advice in connection with the matters contained in this announcement. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made, and to the fullest extent permitted by law no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by any of Numis or Peel Hunt, or by any of their affiliates or agents, as to or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement, or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to, any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefor, or in connection therewith, is expressly disclaimed.
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The securities described in this announcement have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or under any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States of America and, subject to certain exceptions, the securities may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons or to persons within the United States of America, as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of the securities in the United States.