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GMB - Glenrand M I B LIMITED - Results of scheme meeting

Release Date: 01/03/2011 16:23
Code(s): GMB
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GMB - Glenrand M I B LIMITED - Results of scheme meeting GLENRAND M I B LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1997/008001/06) Share code GMB ISIN: ZAE000078010 ("Glenrand" or "the company") AON SOUTH AFRICA (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1978/004501/07) ("Aon") RESULTS OF SCHEME MEETING HELD IN RESPECT OF THE SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT IN TERMS OF SECTION 311 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 61 OF 1973, AS AMENDED, AS PROPOSED BY AON BETWEEN GLENRAND AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS ("THE SCHEME") Further to the announcement released by Glenrand on SENS on 10 February 2011 and published in the press on 11 February 2011, shareholders of Glenrand ("Glenrand shareholders") are hereby advised that the scheme was duly approved by the requisite majority of Glenrand shareholders at the scheme meeting held at 10:00 on Tuesday, 1 March 2011 ("the scheme meeting"). The chairperson of the scheme meeting will report back to the South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg ("Court") on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 at 10:00, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard. Copies of the report of the chairperson of the scheme meeting on the proceedings of the scheme meeting and the results of the voting may be obtained free of charge by Glenrand shareholders from Thursday, 3 March 2011, from the registered office of Glenrand (288 Kent Avenue, Ferndale, Randburg) and from the offices of the chairperson of the scheme meeting (13 Eton Road, Parktown, Johannesburg) and will lie open for inspection during normal business hours on business days at those places. If the Court sanctions the scheme, the only unfulfilled conditions precedent will be: - a certified copy of the Order of Court sanctioning the scheme being registered by the Companies and Intellectual Properties Registration Office ("CIPRO"); - the unconditional approval of the scheme by the relevant Competition Authorities, or if such approval is conditional, then on such conditions as may be acceptable to the parties affected thereby; - Glenrand, not having undertaken or allowed to occur any unusual corporate action or frustrating action as described in Rule 19 of the Securities Regulation Code on Take-overs and Mergers and the Rules of the Securities Regulation Panel, including, but not limited to, any declaration of any unusual or unplanned dividends, without the consent of Aon; and - no material adverse change such as would be likely to have a material adverse effect on the company, its operations, reputation and/or the earnings potential of the company, having occurred prior to the date on which the last of the conditions precedent set out above is fulfilled, further details of which are set out in the circular posted to Glenrand shareholders on 10 February 2011. In addition, the scheme is inter-conditional and indivisibly linked to the share purchase agreement ("BBP agreement") entered into between Aon and Micawber 427 (Proprietary) Limited, Micawber 428 (Proprietary) Limited and Micawber 429 (Proprietary) Limited, being the Black Business Partner shareholders ("the BBP shareholders") of Glenrand. The BBP agreement is subject only to the scheme becoming unconditional and operative in accordance with its terms. IMPORTANT DATES AND TIMES 2011 Report of chairperson of scheme meeting lies open for inspection from Thursday, 3 March Court hearing to sanction the scheme (at 10:00 or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard) on Tuesday, 15 March If the scheme is sanctioned: Results of scheme released on SENS on Tuesday, 15 March Results of scheme published in the press on Wednesday, 16 March Register Order with CIPRO by Tuesday, 22 March Finalisation announcement released on SENS by no later than Thursday, 24 March Finalisation announcement published in the press by no later than Friday, 25 March Last day to trade to participate in scheme consideration on Friday, 1 April Suspension of listing of Glenrand shares at commencement of trading on Monday, 4 April Scheme consideration record date, being the date on which scheme participants must be recorded in the register to receive the scheme consideration, by close of trading on Friday, 8 April Operative date of the scheme Monday, 11 April Scheme consideration expected to be paid/posted to certificated scheme participants (if documents of title are received on the scheme consideration record date)on or about Monday, 11 April Dematerialised scheme participants expected to have their accounts (held at their CSDP or broker) updated on Monday, 11 April Termination of listing of Glenrand shares at the commencement of trading on or about Tuesday, 12 April Notes: 1. All dates and times may be changed by mutual agreement between Glenrand and Aon and/or may be subject to the obtaining of certain regulatory approvals. Any change will be released on SENS and published in the press. 2. All times given in this announcement are local times in South Africa. 3. Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised after Friday, 1 April 2011. A further announcement or announcements relating to the fulfillment of conditions to implementation of the scheme and, if applicable, the date on which the scheme will be implemented will be released on SENS and published in the press in due course. Randburg 1 March 2011 Corporate Advisor and Transactional Sponsor to Glenrand Sasfin Capital A division of Sasfin Bank Limited Legal Advisor to Glenrand Deneys Reitz Inc. Independent Financial Advisor to the Glenrand Board PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance (Proprietary) Limited Sponsor to Glenrand Nedbank Capital Corporate Advisor to Aon Grindrod Bank Limited Legal Advisor to Aon Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc. Financial and Tax Due Diligence Advisor to Aon Deloitte Advisor to the BBP Shareholders Standard Bank Group Limited Date: 01/03/2011 16:23:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. 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