ASX Market Announcements
ASX Limited
20 Bridge Street
Sydney NSW 2000
18 July 2014
Dominic D Smith
Vice President & Company Secretary
Aurizon Holdings Limited
ABN 14 146 335 622
T +61 7 3019 9000
F +61 7 3019 2188
E CompanySecretary@aurizon.com.au
W aurizon.com.au
Level 17, 175 Eagle Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
GPO Box 456
Brisbane QLD 4001
Joint off-market bid for Aquila Resources Limited - Status of Defeating Conditions
Please find attached announcement for immediate release to the market. Yours faithfully
VP & Company Secretary
For and on behalf of Aurizon Operations Limited
18 July 2014
Company Announcements Officer
ASX Limited
20 Bridge Street
Sydney NSW 2000
And to:
Aquila Resources Limited
Level 14, 225 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Dear Sir/Madam
JOINT OFF-MARKET BID BY BAOSTEEL RESOURCES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AND AURIZON OPERATIONS LIMITED - STATUS OF DEFEATING CONDITIONS
We refer to the joint takeover offer by Baosteel Resources Australia Pty Ltd ABN 66 154 815 362 and Aurizon
Operations Limited ABN 47 564 947 264 (together, the Bidders) as set out in their bidders' statement dated
14 May 2014 (as supplemented by supplementary bidders' statements dated 5 June 2014, 20 June 2014, and
7 July 2014).
The Bidders attach, in accordance with section 630(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), a formal notice in relation to the status of the defeating conditions in section 12.7 of the Bidders' Statement.
Director
Baosteel Resources Australia Pty Limited
ABN 66 154 815 362
Level 20, Allendale Square
77 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
AUSTRALIA
Mr Dominic D Smith
Director
Aurizon Operations Limited
ABN 47 564 947 264
Level 17
175 Eagle Street
Brisbane QLD 4001
AUSTRALIA
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
NOTICE BY BAOSTEEL RESOURCES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ABN 66 154 815 362 (BAOSTEEL) AND AURIZON OPERATIONS LIMITED ABN 47 564 947 264 (AURIZON) UNDER SECTION 630(3) OF STATUS OF DEFEATING CONDITIONS
To: ASX Limited
Aquila Resources Limited (Aquila)
This is a notice given by Baosteel and Aurizon in relation to the offers dated 6 June 2014 made under their joint off-market takeover bid for all of the ordinary shares in Aquila (Offer) and contained in their bidders' statement dated 14 May 2014 (as supplemented by their supplementary bidders' statements dated 5 June
2014, 20 June 2014, and 7 July 2014).
In accordance with section 630(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Baosteel and Aurizon give notice that:
(i) so far as the Bidders know, none of the defeating conditions have been fulfilled, except for those conditions set out in the following section of the Offers:
(A) section 12.7(a) ('Minimum Acceptance Condition'); (B) section 12.7(b) ('Baosteel FIRB approval'); and
(C) section 12.7(c) ('Aurizon FIRB approval');
(ii) on 3 July 2014 Baosteel and Aurizon declared the Offers free from the conditions set out in section
12.7(d) to 12.7(k) (inclusive) of the Offers, and accordingly, the Offers are free from all conditions set out in section 12.7 of the Offers;
(iii) each Bidder's voting power in Aquila is 95.94%, so far as the Bidders know.
Ms Yiming Wu Mr Dominic D Smith
Director Director
Baosteel Resources Australia Pty Limited Aurizon Operations Limited
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