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Notice of General Meeting
Coal of Africa Limited
(Incorporated and registered in Australia)
Registration number ABN 008 905 388
ISIN AU000000CZA6
JSE/ASX/AIM share code: CZA
("CoAL or the "Company" or the "Group")
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ANNOUNCEMENT 12 May 2017
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
On 5 April 2017, Coal of Africa Limited (ASX, AIM, JSE: CZA) (“CoAL”) announced the acquisition of
the Uitkomst Colliery for R275 million (the “Acquisition”), and an aggregate US$13 million equity
investment from Summer Trees Pte and M&G Investment Management Limited (the “Subscription”).
Furthermore, the Company announced on 1 February and 17 February 2017 that it had issued
49,007,596 ordinary shares (the “Placement Shares”) to M&G Investment Management Limited to raise
US$2 million (the “Placement”) and the conversion of a US$10 million loan with Yishun Brightrise
Investment Pte Limited (“YBI”) to CoAL ordinary shares (the “Conversion”). 240,042,603 ordinary
shares were issued immediately with the issue of the second tranche of 4,995,378 shares (the
“Conversion Shares”) to be converted into equity following shareholder approval.
The board of CoAL is pleased to announce that, in connection with the Acquisition the Subscription, the
Placement and the Conversion, the Company has today posted a formal notice (“Notice”) convening a
general meeting of CoAL's shareholders (“General Meeting”) to seek shareholder approval for, amongst
others, the issue of the Consideration Shares, the Subscription Shares, the Placement shares and the
Conversion Shares. The Notice is available on the Company's website www.coalofafrica.com.
The General Meeting will be held on 15 June 2017 at 10:00 a.m. (BST) at the offices of Tavistock
Communications, 1 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3ND, United Kingdom.
An indicative timetable of the principal events associated with the Acquisition is given below. This
timetable is subject to change.
Latest time and date for receipt of Form of Proxy 10:00 am (BST) 13 June 2017
General Meeting 10:00am (BST) 15 June 2017
Anticipated closing of the Acquisition (Subject to Competition
Commission approval) and indicative timing for the issue of the 1 July 2017
Consideration Shares, the Subscription Shares
Notes:
Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, capitalised terms used in this announcement have the
meaning given to them in the announcements published by CoAL on 5 April 2017, 1 February 2017 and
17 February 2017 respectively.
All references to times in this timetable are to BST times. Each of the dates and times in the above
timetable and elsewhere in this announcement are indicative only and subject to change. Any such
change will be notified by an announcement on a regulatory information service.
AUTHORISED BY:
Tony Bevan
Company Secretary
For more information contact:
David Brown Chief Executive Officer Coal of Africa +27 10 003 8000
De Wet Schutte Chief Financial Officer Coal of Africa +27 10 003 8000
Celeste Van Tonder Investor Relations Coal of Africa +27 10 003 8000
Tony Bevan Company Secretary Endeavour Corporate Services +61 08 9316 9100
Company advisors:
Jos Simson/Emily Fenton Financial PR (United Kingdom) Tavistock +44 20 7920 3150
Matthew Armitt/Ross Allister Nominated Adviser and Broker Peel Hunt LLP +44 20 7418 8900
Investec Bank Limited is the nominated JSE Sponsor.
About CoAL:
CoAL is an AIM/ASX/JSE listed coal exploration and development company operating in South Africa. CoAL's key projects include
the Vele Colliery (coking and thermal coal), the Greater Soutpansberg Project /MbeuYashu, including CoAL's Makhado Project
(coking and thermal coal).
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