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Successful completion of over-subscribed rights offer
The Rights Offer closed at 12h00 on Friday, 11 April 2014, and the board of directors of RBPlat is pleased to announce that 99.7 per cent of the Rights Offer Shares were subscribed for. Furthermore, excess applications resulted in the Rights Offer being 4.47 times oversubscribed. As a result the full R800 million was successfully raised.
| Number of rights offer shares | Rand value | % of rights offer shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total shares available for subscription in terms of the Rights Offer (“Rights Offer Shares”) | 14 545 455 | R800 000 025 | 100.0% |
| Rights Offer Shares subscribed for | 14 503 927 | R797 715 985 | 99.7% |
| Applications received from holders of rights wishing to acquire Rights Offer Shares in addition to their Rights Offer entitlement | 50 508 172 | R2 777 949 470 | 347.3% |
| Total applications received | 65 012 099 | R3 575 665 455 | 447.0% |
Following the issue of the rights offer shares, the number of RBPlat shares in issue is 191 918 221.
Issue and payment of rights offer shares
The Central Securities Depository Participant (“CSDP”) or broker accounts of dematerialised* RBPlat shareholders who have followed their rights in terms of the Rights Offer will be credited with their Rights Offer Shares and debited with any payments due on or about today, Monday, 14 April 2014.
Allocation of excess applications
A total of 41 528 Rights Offer Shares which were not taken up will be allotted to satisfy excess applications. Excess Rights Offer Shares will be allocated in an equitable manner, taking cognisance of the number of RBPlat shares held by each applicant prior to such allocation (including those taken up as a result of the Rights Offer) and the number of excess Rights Offer Shares for which application has been made.
The CSDP or broker accounts of dematerialised* RBPlat shareholders who have applied for excess Rights Offer Shares will be credited with the excess Rights Offer Shares allocated and debited with any payments due in respect of their excess applications allocated on or about Wednesday, 16 April 2014.
*As at 12h00 on Friday, 11 April 2014, all RBPlat shareholders held their shares in dematerialised form.
Johannesburg
14 April 2014
Corporate adviser and transaction sponsor
Questco
Financial adviser
Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
South African legal counsel
Bowman Gilfillan Inc.
International legal counsel
Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP
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