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ASO - Austro - Abridged pre-listing statement
AUSTRO GROUP LIMITED
(formerly Austro Group (Pty) Limited)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 2001/029771/06)
JSE code: ASO
ISIN: ZAE000090882
("Austro" or "the company")
ABRIDGED PRE-LISTING STATEMENT
LISTING OF AUSTRO ORDINARY SHARES ON THE JSE LIMITED ("JSE")
This abridged pre-listing statement is not an invitation to the public to
subscribe for Austro ordinary shares, but is issued in compliance with the
Listings Requirements of the JSE for information purposes only. The
information in this abridged pre-listing statement has been extracted from
a prospectus issued by Austro on 19 January 2007 ("the prospectus").
1. AUSTRO
Established in the early 1980`s, Austro (itself and through its
subsidiaries) is a distributor of premium quality woodworking
equipment and sells and maintains tools, blades and cutters for this
equipment.
Austro together with its subsidiaries ("the group") has more than 20%
of the South African market for imported woodworking equipment and
long-standing distribution relationships with the leading European
equipment manufacturers. As the dominant distributor of equipment to
the producers of wood and wood-related products in the market, Austro
is ideally suited to capitalise on the ever increasing demand for
these products in South Africa.
2. DIRECTORS
The board of directors of Austro are:
Director Age Role and term Qualification Business
of office address
David Solomon 42 Non-executive BCom, BAcc 1125 Leader
Brouze director CA(SA) Avenue
(Chairman) Stormill
Extension 4
Roodepoort
Daniel 52 Executive - 1125 Leader
Rothlisberger director Avenue
(Managing Stormill
Director and Extension 4
Technical Roodepoort
Director)
Brian Duncan 47 Executive Electrician 1125 Leader
Downs director (Diploma in Avenue
Electrical Stormill
from City and Extension 4
Guilds of Roodepoort
London)
Richard Jonah 30 Non-executive BA Economics 1st Floor
director and Political AMB Capital
(independent) Science Holdings
18 Fricker
Road
Illovo
2196
3. SHARE CAPITAL
As at the date of listing the authorised share capital of Austro shall
be 1 000 000 000 ordinary shares of R0.00001 each of which 328 261 400
ordinary shares will be issued.
4. LISTING ON THE JSE
The JSE has granted Austro approval for the listing of up to 328 261
400 ordinary shares in the Industrial Suppliers Sector of the Main
Board of the JSE lists under the abbreviated name "Austro" JSE Code
"ASO" and "ISIN ZAE000090882".
The listing will be effective as from the commencement of trade on the
JSE on 1 February 2007.
5. COPIES
Copies of the prospectus may be obtained for information purposes only
between 08h30 and 17h00 from Monday, 22 January 2007 to Thursday, 25
January 2007 at the following places:
- Austro Group Limited
1125 Leader Avenue, Stormill Extension 4, Roodepoort
- Java Capital (Pty) Limited
2nd Floor, 2 Arnold Road, Rosebank, 2194
- Computershare Investor Services 2004 (Pty) Limited
Ground Floor, 70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg, 2001
Johannesburg
22 January 2007
Corporate advisor, legal advisor and sponsor
Java Capital (Proprietary) Limited
Attorneys
HR Levin Attorneys, Notaries and Conveyancers
Auditors and reporting accountants
PKF (Jhb) Inc.
Date: 22/01/2007 08:45:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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