Not logged in
  Home   Markets   Shares   Funds   Portfolio   Toolbox   Charting   Alerts   Directory   
 Admin   

Tue 15 Nov 2005, 15:00 Discovery Holdings Limited - Salient dates announc
Discovery Holdings Limited - Salient dates announcement                         
Discovery Holdings Limited                                                      
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1999/007789/06)                                            
(Share code:  DSY & ISIN:  ZAE000022331)                                        
("Discovery" or "the company")                                                  
Salient dates announcement relating to the Black Economic Empowerment           
transaction ("the BEE transaction")                                             
Introduction                                                                    
Further to the announcement dated 13 September 2005, Discovery is pleased to    
announce the salient dates and times in respect of the BEE transaction whereby, 
subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions precedent, a number of broad   
based BEE groups, the Discovery Foundation and Discovery employees will acquire 
approximately 7.0% of Discovery"s current issued share capital (or approximately
6.54% of the issued share capital post the BEE transaction).                    
Salient dates and times                                                         
The salient dates and times, relating to the BEE transaction are set out below: 
                                                2005                            
   Last day to lodge form of proxy for the      Tuesday 6 December              
general meeting by 09:10 on                                                  
   General meeting to be held at 09:10 or soon  Thursday 8 December             
   thereafter as the annual general meeting is                                  
   finalised or adjourned on                                                    
Results announcement released on SENS on     Thursday 8 December             
   Results announcement published in the press  Friday 9 December               
   on                                                                           
Notes:                                                                          
These dates and times are subject to change.                                    
Any material change to the above dates and times will be released on SENS and   
published in the press.                                                         
Documentation                                                                   
A circular providing full information on the BEE transaction which incorporates 
a notice of general meeting, will be posted to shareholders today.              
Sandton                                                                         
15 November 2005                                                                
Joint transactional advisor and     Joint transactional advisor               
  transactional sponsor               Businessmap Investment Strategy           
  Rand Merchant Bank                  Advisers (Proprietary) Limited            
  (A division of FirstRand Bank                                                 
Limited)                                                                      
  Financial advisor to WDBIH          Corporate law advisors                    
  Morgan Stanley South Africa         Edward Nathan (Proprietary) Limited       
  (Proprietary) Limited                                                         
Legal advisors to WDBIH             Structuring advisor                       
  MJ King Inc.                        Rand Merchant Bank (A division of         
                                      FirstRand Bank Limited)                   
  Reporting accountants and auditors  Lead sponsor                              
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Inc.         PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate          
                                      Finance (Proprietary) Ltd                 
Date: 15/11/2005 03:00:02 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Profile Group (Pty) Ltd. has taken care in preparing all information on this website, but does not accept any liability for errors or out-of-date information.
Other Profile Group sites: FundsData Online (unit trust data)  |  Profile Group corporate site
[  Terms of Use |  Privacy Policy |  PAIA manual |  FAQs/Help |  Site Map |  © Copyright Reserved 2026  ]
  


Powered by ProfileData

Profile Mobile App Google Play Store Apple App Store


Follow us on: