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RBP - Royal Bafokeng Platinum Limited - Over-Allotment Option
ROYAL BAFOKENG PLATINUM LIMITED
(formerly Royal Bafokeng Platinum (Proprietary) Limited
and formerly Lisinfo 223 (Proprietary) Limited and
formerly Lisinfo 223 Property (Proprietary) Limited)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 2008/015696/06)
JSE share code: RBP ISIN: ZAE000149936
("RBPlat" or "the Company")
NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA
OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION
Reference is made to the pre-listing statement, dated 18 October 2010, the
abridged pre-listing statement released on SENS on 18 October 2010, and the
pricing announcement, dated 3 November 2010, relating to an offer for
subscription by RBPlat and an offer for sale by Rustenburg Platinum Mines
Limited and Royal Bafokeng Platinum Holdings (Proprietary) Limited (collectively
the "Selling Shareholders"), subject to certain conditions (the "Offer"), to
institutional investors in South Africa and to selected institutional investors
in other jurisdictions, and, by invitation, to management and employees of the
Company and the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine.
RBPlat announces that, in connection with the Offer, FirstRand Limited, acting
in its capacity as stabilisation manager and on behalf of the joint bookrunners
of the Offer, has given notice to the Selling Shareholders that it will
exercise, in respect of 4,475,166 ordinary shares, the over-allotment option
granted to it by the Selling Shareholders. Post the exercise of the over-
allotment option, the total number of shares in issue will remain at 164,095,215
ordinary shares with a par value of R0.01 each.
The issue price of RBPlat ordinary shares was set at R60.50 on 3 November 2010.
The stabilisation period commenced at 9am on 8 November 2010 and ended at 5pm on
7 December 2010.
Johannesburg
7 December 2010
Sponsor and stabilisation manager
RAND MERCHANT BANK (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
Joint bookrunners and managers
Macquarie First South Advisers (Proprietary) Limited
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
RAND MERCHANT BANK (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
This announcement does not constitute an invitation or an offer to the general
public to acquire shares in RBPlat. The offer set out in the Pre-Listing
Statement will only be capable of acceptance by the institutions and persons to
whom it was specifically addressed.
This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the
United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The securities being offered have not
and will not be registered under the Securities Act. There will be no public
offering in the United States.
This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities to the public in
the United Kingdom. This announcement is directed only at: (i) persons who are
outside the United Kingdom; or (ii) persons who have professional experience in
matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(1) of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order");
(iii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2) of the Order; and
(iv) other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated (all such persons
together being referred to as "relevant persons"). Any investment activity to
which this communication relates will only be available to, and will only be
engaged with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should
not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents.
Any offer of securities to the public that may be deemed to be made pursuant to
this communication in any EEA Member State that has implemented Directive
2003/71/EC (together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member
State, the "Prospectus Directive") is only addressed to qualified investors in
that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.
Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or
sent into the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia.
Date: 07/12/2010 17:15:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za
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