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ASX LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2013
Jul 9, 2013
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Capital/Financing Update
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ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691
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Exchange Centre 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box H224 Australia Square NSW 1215 Telephone +61 2 9227 0000 www.asx.com.au
10 July 2013
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Mr Oliver Harvey Senior Executive Leader, Financial Market Infrastructure Level 5, 100 Market Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
ASX Market Announcements Office ASX Limited 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
ASX successfully completes Retail Entitlement Offer
Attached is a copy of ASX’s announcement: “ASX successfully completes Retail Entitlement Offer”.
Amanda J Harkness
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
For further inquiries, contact:
Media
Finance/Investor Relations
Matthew Gibbs Ramy Aziz General Manager, Media and Communications Chief Financial Officer Tel: +61 2 9227 0218 Tel: +61 2 9227 0027 Mobile: 0411 121219 Mobile: 0438 452807 [email protected] [email protected] www.asxgroup.com.au/media-releases.htm - www.asxgroup.com.au/investor relations.htm
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ASX Ma r ket Announcement and Media Rele a se 10 July 2 013
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ASX SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES RETAIL ENTITLEMENT OFFER
Sydney, 10 July 2013 ‐ ASX Limited (ASX) today a nnounced the completion of t h e retail compo n ent of its f ully under w ritten 2 f o r 19 pro rata accelera t ed renounceable ent i tlement offer ( w ith retail e ntitlemen t s trading) of new A S X ordinary shares (N e w Shares) , raising gross proceeds of a pproxima t ely $214 m illion.
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013, A S X announ c ed a reno u nceable e n titlement o ffer of Ne w Shares at an o f fer price o f $30.00 p e r New Share to raise approxima t ely $553 m illion (Entitlement Offer). T he institu t ional com p onent of t h e Entitle m ent Offer w as succes s fully comp l eted on Friday, 14 June 20 1 3, raising g ross proceeds of app r oximately $ 268 millio n .
The retail component of the E ntitlemen t Offer (Re t ail Entitle m ent Offer) closed on F riday, 5 July 20 1 3.
Summary of the Retail Entitlement Offer
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Approximately $214 m illion was r aised und e r the Retai l Entitleme n t Offer
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Eligible r e tail shareholders a n d purch a sers of e ntitlemen t s subscri b ed for approxima t ely 7.1 mil l ion New S h ares
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Approximately 75% take‐up b y eligible retail shareholders a nd purch a sers of entitlements
Approximately 2. 4 million e n titlements representi n g entitle m ents not t a ken up b y eligible retail s hareholde r s as well as entitle m ents that ineligible r etail shar e holders w ere not eligible to take up , will now be offered f o r sale for t he benefit of those shareholders under a retail s h ortfall bo o kbuild (Retail Bookbuild).
The Re t ail Bookbuild will commence aft e r the mark e t closes o n Wednesd a y, 10 July 2 013.
The se t tlement d a te for New Shares u nder the Retail Enti t lement O f fer and the Retail Bookb u ild is Mon d ay, 15 Jul y 2013. Ne w Shares ar e expected to be allot t ed on Tue s day, 16 July 20 1 3 and co m mence tra d ing on ma r ket on We d nesday, 1 7 July 2013.
Shareholder Enquiries
Retail shareholders who hav e questions relating to t he Retail E ntitlement Offer should call the AS X Offer Info r mation lin e on 1300 7 24 911 (wi t hin Austra l ia) or +61 1 300 724 9 1 1 (outsid e Australia) from 8.30 a m to 5.30 p m (Sydney time) Monday to Frid a y or go to o ur websit e www.asx g roup.com. a u.
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ASX Ma r ket Announcement and Media Rele a se 10 July 2 013
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For further information, please contact:
| Media Mr Mat Genera Mediaa +61 2 9 0411 12 matthe thew Gibbs l Manager, nd Commu 227 0218 1 219 w.gibbs@a nications sx.com.au |
Analy Mr St Gene +612 0488 steph sts ephen Ham ral Manage 9227 0260 212 755 en.hammo mon r, Finance [email protected]m .au |
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ASX Limited (ASX: ASX) is a m ulti‐asset class, verti c ally integr a ted excha n ge group, a nd one of the w orld’s top ‐ 10 listed e x change gr o ups meas u red by ma r ket capitalisation.
ASX’s a ctivities s p an prima r y and sec o ndary market services, central counterp a rty risk transfer, and sec u rities settlement fo r both the equities a nd fixed i n come markets. It functio n s as a ma r ket operat o r, clearin g house an d payments system facilitator. It m onitors and e n forces co m pliance w ith its o p erating r u les, prom o tes stand a rds of c o rporate govern a nce amon g Australia’ s listed co m panies an d helps to e d ucate ret a il investors.
ASX’s d iverse do m estic and i nternation a l customer base incl u des issue r s of securi t ies and financi a l products , investme n t and trad i ng banks, f und mana g ers, hedge funds, co m modity trading advisers, brokers and proprietar y traders, m arket data vendors a n d retail inv e stors.
For more informa t ion, please visit www.asx.com.au
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