COAL OF AFRICA LIMITED - Update: Recommended Offer for Universal Coal Plc - Extension of Co-operation Agreement
CZA 201605240004A
Update: Recommended Offer for Universal Coal Plc - Extension of Co-operation Agreement
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?)
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UPDATE: RECOMMENDED OFFER FOR UNIVERSAL COAL PLC - EXTENSION OF CO-
OPERATION AGREEMENT
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Coal of Africa Limited (ASX, AIM and JSE: CZA) (?CoAL?) provides the following update on CoAL?s
recommended offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Universal Coal Plc (ASX:
UNV) (the ?Offer?).
Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, capitalised terms used in this announcement have the
meaning given to them in the offer document published by CoAL on 21 December 2015 (the ?Offer
Document?).
It was announced on 13 May 2016 that CoAL had extended the Offer Period of the Offer, such that the
Closing Date is 24 June 2016.
Pursuant to a Deed of Variation, CoAL and Universal have agreed to amend the terms of the
Cooperation Agreement entered into between the parties in connection with the Offer such that the date
by which the Effective Date must have occurred be extended until 3 June 2016, or such other date as
the parties may agree. The extension provided by the Deed of Variation is to enable the parties to
continue to make further progress in the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the Offer prior to the
Closing Date of 24 June 2016.
Enquiries
CoAL Telephone: +27 (0)10 003 8000
David Brown, De Wet Schutte and Celeste Riekert
Qinisele Resources (Proprietary) Limited (Financial Adviser Telephone: +27 (0)11 883 6358
to CoAL)
Robert Philpot and Dennis Tucker
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker to CoAL) Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7418 8900
Matthew Armitt and Ross Allister
Investec Bank Limited (JSE Sponsor for CoAL) Telephone: +27 (0)11 286 7000
Robert Smith and Tanya Cesare
Tavistock (United Kingdom PR Adviser to CoAL) Telephone: +44 20 7920 3150
Jos Simson and Emily Fenton
24 May 2016
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