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Gold/Mining/Energy : DROOY Durban Deep- Best S. African Mine

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To: POLARBEAR who wrote (201)7/16/1999 6:41:00 PM
From: baystock  Read Replies (2) of 851
 
A very crude guess is that Drooy will issue at least 10 million new shares, and I base this on some info I gleaned from their old press releases.

I did send the IR lady another e-mail where I asked her point blank how many shares Hardgraves had outstanding. This time she didn't bother to respond, since I guess it wasn't so easy to be evasive this time.

I found the following on the Hargraves website:
hargravesresources.com.au

Announcement of Intention to make a Takeover by DRD Australasia ApS

The Directors of Hargraves received advice today that DRD Australasia ApS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Durban Roodepoort Deep Limited ('DRD'), intends to make a takeover offer for the 81% of Hargraves which it does not already own. The DRD announcement states that the Part A statement is anticipated to be available in early September 1999.

The offer is 10 cents cash plus 1/7 of a DRD share for every Hargraves share. The independent directors of Hargraves do not have sufficient information at this time to make a recommendation to shareholders. The independent directors propose forming a sub-committee to consider the DRD offer as well as any other proposals which may be received. In accordance with the Corporations Law requirements, this sub-committee will shortly appoint an independent expert to consider the fairness & reasonableness of DRD's offer.

Our early assessment based on available information is the offer values Hargraves at 47 cents per share based on the DRD's 30 day weighted average NASDAQ share price of US$1.7365 (from 27 May to 9 July) and an exchange rate of 0.6653 (9 July 1999). Given the Hargraves' weighted average share price for the same period (33.57 cents), this represents a premium of 41%. At the closing share price for DRD shares on Friday 9 July 1999 on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange of Rand 9.10 and an exchange rate of 4.06 Rand to the Australian dollar the offer equates to 42 cents per Hargraves share.

Hargraves shares closed at 37.5 cents per share on Friday 9 July 1999. DRD is the largest shareholder in Hargraves and has 19% of the issued capital.

Mike Prinsloo, Chief Executive Officer of DRD and Charles Mostert, Chief Financial Officer of DRD are directors of Hargraves.

For further information contact:

Brian Rear Chairman (02) 9252 2011
William Howe/Graeme Hogan - (02) 9223 9011

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