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EVRAZ HIGHVELD STEEL & VANADIUM LTD - Suspension Of Listing And Cautionary Announcement

Release Date: 14/04/2015 08:42
Code(s): EHS     PDF:  
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Suspension Of Listing And Cautionary Announcement

Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration No: 1960/001900/06)
Share code: EHS
ISIN: ZAE000146171
(“Highveld” or “the Company”)


Suspension Of Listing And Cautionary Announcement


1. Resolution to commence voluntary business rescue
Shareholders of Highveld are hereby advised that the board of directors
of Highveld (“the Board”) has resolved that the Company does not have
adequate funding to meet its obligations for the short term.                                   This is
primarily as a result    of    historical          operational      difficulties       and
sustained  financial       losseswithin           a     capital     constrained          operating
environment. This is despite the current operational stability achieved
through     the       recent     implementation            of     the    Company’s          operational
turnaround        plan.Highveld’s           financial           position      has      further     been
negatively impacted by weakened global steel and vanadium markets and a
severe reduction of domestic steel demand.


The Board has accordingly resolved that it will be in the best interest
of Highveld and its stakeholders to commence with voluntary business
rescue proceedings in terms of section 129 of the Companies Act, 2008
(as amended) (“the Act”). The resolution to this effect has been filed
with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (“CIPC”).


The Board believes that implementation of voluntary business rescue will
afford    the        business    practitioner          the      opportunity      to    consider    the
continuedimplementation              of    the    turnaround      plan     and   successfully       re-
establish the Company.


The Board has further resolved to appoint Messers Daniel Terblanche and
Piers Marsden as joint business rescue practitioners. The relevant forms
relating to, and necessary to formalise, the appointment of the business
rescue practitioners, as contemplated in section 129(b) of theAct,willbe
filed with the CIPCin due course.


2. Application        for    suspension          of   listing     on    the   JSE     and    cautionary
  announcement
The    commencement       of    business        rescue   proceedings      by     the    Company    is
expected to have a material impact on the price of the Company’s shares.


In accordance with section 1.9(a)(iii) of the JSE Listings Requirements,
the    Board     has     made   an    application        to    the   Johannesburg       Securities
Exchange       (“JSE”)    to    suspend     the    listing      of    Highveld’s       shares    with
immediate effect. JSE granted such application.


Shareholders are accordingly advised to exercise caution when dealing in
shares of the Company.


3. Update on the agreement between Macrovest and EVRAZ plc subsidiary
Shareholders are referred to the announcement released by the Company on
12    August    2014   wherein       it   was    advised      that   Macrovest    147    (Pty)    Ltd
(“Macrovest”) had entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of EVRAZ
plc (“EVRAZ”), the 85% shareholder of Highveld, to acquire 34% of the
shares in Highveld subject to certain conditions precedent. Shareholders
are hereby advised that the agreement between Macrovest and EVRAZ has
lapsed.

4.       Due   to   the    uncertainties          associated     with    the     business       rescue
proceedings the Company will not be able to release its results as required
today.



eMalahleni

14 April 2015



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J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

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