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GRANGE RESOURCES LIMITED. — Major Shareholding Notification 2009
Jan 5, 2009
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Notice of initial substantial holder in relation to Grange Resources Limited
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We attach copies of notices of initial substantial holders on behalf of Shagang International Holdings Limited, RGL Holdings Co. Ltd and Pacific International Co. Pty Ltd, in respect of their holdings in Grange Resources Limited.
If you are not the intended recipient:
- . please phone the sender immediately (reverse charges)
- you must not disclose or use the information
QV.1 Building 250 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 Australia
Telephone +61 8 9211 7777 Facsimile +61 8 9211 7878 www.freehills.com
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Notice of initial substantial holder
| To Company Name/Scheme | Grange Resources Limited (Grange) |
|---|---|
| ACIVARSN | 009 132 405 |
| 1. Dotalla of substantial holder (1) Name |
Shagang International Holdings Ltd (Shagang) and each of the entities and persons set out in Annexure A (Associates) |
| ACN/ARSN (if applicable) | Not applicable |
| The holder became a substantial holder on | 2 January 2009 |
- Dotalls of voting power
The folal nomber of votes altached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows.
| Class of securities (4) | Number of securities | Person's votes (5) | Voung power (6) |
|---|---|---|---|
| lOrdinary | 343.038.639 | 343,036,639 | 69,3%, based on 495,343,653 lordinary shares on issue as at 2 Uanuary 2009, |
3. Datalls of relevant interests
The nature of the relevant interest the substantial holder or an associate had in the following voling securities on the date the substantial holder became a substantial bolder are as follows:
| Nature of relevant interest (7) | Class and number of securities | |
|---|---|---|
| Holder of relevant interest |
Ralavant interast under subsections | 343,038,639 folly paid ordinary shares |
| Shagang and Associates | 608(1) (holder) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). di dinam |
- Details of prosont registered holders
The persons registered as holders of the securities rafemed to in paragraph 3 above are as follows:
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| Holder of relevant interest |
Registered holder of sacurilios |
Person smilled lo be registered as holder (6) |
Class and number af sacudios. |
| Shagang and Associates | Shagang International Holdings w |
apribion ishotamayni posedud | 232,575,639 |
| Shagang and Associates | RGL Holdings Co. Ltd. | RGL Holdings Co. Ltd | 69,404,600 |
| Shagang and Associates | Pacific International Co. Ply Ltd | Racine International Co. Pty Ltd | 41,042,750 |
| Shagang and Associatos | Ever Lucky Davelopments Limited Ever Lucky Developments Limited 1.015.840 |
6. JAN. 2009 12:58 FREEHILLS PERTH
- Consideration
The consideration paid for each relevant interest referred to in paragraph 3 above, and apquired in the four months prior to the day that the substantial holder became a substantial holder is as follows:
| Holder of relevant Interest |
Date of ecoulsition | Consideration (5). | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gash | Non-ceah | |||
| Shagang and Associates | 12 January 2009. | The consideration is the transfer by Shagang, RGL Holdings Co. Ltd and (Pacific International Co. Pty Ltd of 100% of the total tasued capital of Evar Grean Resources Co. Ltd to Stango Resources Limited on the terms of the Share Sale Agreement and Merger Implementation S supremiA at he tached in the toos! and Annexure C respectively. |
Agreement bolt dated 24 September | 312.022.999 ordinary lshores' |
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6. Associatos
The reasons the persons named in paragraph 3 above are essociates of the substantial holder ere as follows:
| Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable) | Nature of association |
|---|---|
| RGL Holdings Co. LId and Pacific International Co. Pty Ltd (ACN 133 383 265) |
Shagang, RGL Holdings Co. Ltd and Pacific International Ply Ltd may in certain circumstances act jointly in respect of their investment where their interests are aligned, which means that they are deemed to be associates under section 12(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Clb). |
| Bodies corporate listed in Annexure A | Each of the bodies corporate and persons illsted in Annexure A is a related body corporate or controller of either Shagang, RGL Holdings Co. Ltd or Pacific. Intomational Pty Ltd, therefore they are associates under section 12(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). |
7. Addresses
The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:
| Name | Address |
|---|---|
| Shagang | Uinfong Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province in the People's Republic of China (Posicode 215525) |
| RGL Holdings Co. Ltd | 23/F, New Poly Plaza, No. 1 North Chaoyangmen Street, Dongcheng District, Belling In the People's Republic of China |
| Pacific International Co. Ply Ltd. | Unit 2102, 21F Sino Plaza, 255-257 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong |
Signature
| print name | Shen Bin | čapacity | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| sign hora | date | January 2009 6 . |
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DIRECTIONS
it there are a number of substinctial holders with similar on related referent interests (eg. a comporation and its related compositions, or the manager and
Imstee of an aquity trust), discusses could be included in an ant $(1)$
- See the definition of "relevant interest" in sections 608 and 571B[7] of the Corporations Act 2004. $\langle 3 \rangle$
- The Voling shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes. $(4)$
- the lotal number of votes sitached to all the voling:sfrencs in the company or voling interests in the scheme (if any) that the person or an associate has a
relevant interest in. $(5)$ - The person's vates divided by the lotal votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100. $(6)$
- $\langle 7 \rangle$ Include defails of:
- any relevant sgroement or other cloumatemess by which the relevant interest was acquired. If subsection 8718(4) applies, a copy of any
document setting out the larms of any relevant sgreement, and a statement by the person (a) - any qualitication of the power of a person to exercism control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voltig powers of disposal of the
securities to which the ratevant interest relates (incleating clearly the p $\left( 0\right)$
See the definition of "relevant agreement" in section of of the Corporations Act 2001.
If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. If the relevant interest adses because of an option) write "onknown," $(6)$
Sapthe delingion of "associate" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001. $(2)$
Details of the consideration hust include any and all benefils, moneys and other, that any person from whom a relevant fridoest was acquired has, or
may, become entitied to receive in relation to that scalasma. Details mus $\left( 9\right)$
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Annexure A
Shagang International Holdings Limited
This is Annexure A of I3 pages referred to in Form 603 *Notice of Initial Substantial Holder"
signed by me and dated __6_ January 2009.
sign here . . . . . .
print name Shan Bh/Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Associates of Shagang International Holdings Ltd.
| Evergain International Corporation | Zhangjiagang City Shagang Copper Co., Ltd |
|---|---|
| Ever Lucky Development Limited | Zhangjiagang City Yong'an Steel Co., Ltd |
| Feyuan Steel Burden Trade Co., Ltd | Zhangjiagang East Gas-making Corporation |
| Hade Union (Zhangjiagang City) Petrochemical Industry Co., Ltd. |
Zhangjiagang Halli-wharf Co., Ltd |
| Hongrun Real Estate Development Co., Ltd |
Zhangjiagang Hengchang Neotype Tignum Co., Ltd |
| Iron-making of Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd |
Zhangjiagang Hengchang Precision milling Co., Ltd. |
| Jiangsu Runzhong High-tech Corporation |
Zhangjiagang Hengle Neotype Tignum Co., Ltd |
| Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd | Zhangjiagang Hongchang Gas-making Co., Ltd |
| Jiangsu Shagang Group Hualgang Special Steel Co., Ltd. |
Zhangjiagang Hongchang High-speed Whe Co., Ltd. |
| Jiangsu Shagang Group Xinrui Special Steel Co., Ltd |
Zhangjlagang Hongchang Pelletzing Co., Lidr |
| Jiangsu Shagang Group Zhangjiagang Kaihua Press Co., Ltd |
Zhangjiagang Hongchang Ship-tearing Co., Lìd |
| Jiangsu Shagang International Trade Co., Ltd |
Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel-bar Co., Ltd |
| Jigngsu Yong Steel Group Co., Ltd | Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel-plate Co., Ltd |
| Jiangyin City Runde Assets Co., Ltd | Zhangjiagang Hongfa Steel-making Co., Lid |
6. JAN. $2009$ 13:00
Jinde Trade Co., Ltd.
Clanyuan Metal Trade Co., Ltd.
Roadde Trade Co., Ltd.
Runyuan Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Shagang (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Shagang Group Living-service Co., Ltd
Shagang International (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd.
Shagang International Holdings Ltd.
Shagang Mining (Australia) Ply Ltd
Shagang Occupation-service & Human resource Development Co., Ltd
Shagang Shipping Co., Ltd.
Shagang SouthAsia (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Ltd
Shajing International Trade Co., Ltd.
Mr Wenrong Shen
Zhangjjagang City Hongda Transportien Co. Ltd
Zhangjiagang City Huadong Scrap steel Trade Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Olty Phármáceutical Factory
Zhangjiagang City Scrap Steel Processing & Supplying Company
Associates of RGL Holdings Co Ltd.
Alasan Meng Huaxi Trading Co., Ltd.
Alasan Meng Jinganglian Co., Ltd.
Alasan Meng RGL Industry Development Co., Ltd.
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Zhangjiagang Hongxing High-speed Wire Co., Ltd.
Zhangjiagang Huasha Autodevelopment Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Huasheng Iron-making Co. Ltd.
Zhangjiagang Jingde Steel-plate Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Posco Stainless Steel Co. Ltd
Zhangjiagang Pusha-wharf Co., Ltd.
Zhangjiagang Rongde Stainless-steel Product Co., Ltd
Zhangjiegang Rongsheng Steel-making Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Runzhong Steel Co., Ltd
Zhangjjagang Sanhe-Shagang Hightemperature Technology Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Shagang Tongxin Galvanized -steel Co., Ltd
Zhangliagang Shajing Steel Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Shajing Wide & heavy Plate Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Shatai Steel Co., Ltd.
Zhangjiagang Xiaosha Steel Processing Co., Ltd.
Zhangjiagang Xingrong Coated Board Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Xingreng Iron-making Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Yongxin Steel Co., Ltd.
RGL International Co., Ltd
Shanghai Jingxi Industry Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Rulxillan Industry Co., Ltd.
6. JAN. $2009$ 13:00
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| Beiling RGL Science Development Co., Ltd. |
Shanghai Ruixilian Trading Co., Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Fujian RGL Trading Co., Ltd. | Sharighai Ruiyelian Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Fuzhou RL Steel Co. Ltd. | Shenzhen RGL Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Fuzhou RL Trading Co., Ltd. | Wuhan RGL Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. |
| Jiaozuo Rulwang Industry Co., Ltd. | Yiyang Yifeng Road and Bridge Development Co., Ltd. |
| RGL Group Co., Ltd | Shanghai Huaxi Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Mr Zhenhua You |
Associates of Pacific International Co Pty Ltd.
| Acefair Pacific Limited | Pacific Minerals Investment Limited |
|---|---|
| Eastchoice Pacific Limited | Paelfic Minerals Limited |
| Ever Green Resources Co Limited.(Formerly known as Shagang Mining Co., Ltd.) |
Pacific Minerals Trading Limited |
| Fastiane Limousine Co., Ltd. (Acefair Pacific Ltd, is 60% shareholder) |
Pacific Shipping Limited |
| Malnway Resources Limited | Shanghai Pacific Minerals Limited |
| Mineral Power Limited | Sezhou Matallurgical Resources (Hong Kong) Company Limited |
| Pacific International Business Limited | Mr Cheung (Clernent) Ko |
Pacific International Co., Pty Ltd.
Annexure B
Shagang International Holdings Limited
This is Annexure B of 102 pages referred to in Form 603 'Notice of Initial Substantial Holder"
signed by me and dated _6__ January 2009.
The attached document is cartified as a true copy.
sign here
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print name Shan Bin/Director
Agreement
Share Sale Agreement
Great Period Limited
Peak Scale Investments Limited
Pacific International Co. Pty Ltd
Stemcor Pellets Limited
Grange Resources Limited
Shagang International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd
RGL International Co., Ltd
Stemcor Holdings Limited

QV.1 Building 250 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 Australia Telephone +61 8 9211 7777 Facsimile +61 8 9211 7878
GPO Box U1942 Perth WA 6845 Australia
www.freehills.com DX 104 Perth
Sydney Melbourne Perth Brisbane Singapore
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Contents
| Table of contents | ||
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| The agreement | 1 | |
| Operative part | 3 | |
| Definitions and interpretation | 3 | |
| 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 |
Agreement components Definitions Interpretation provisions Inclusive expressions Obligations and rights of Sellers Authority to act |
15 16 |
| Conditions Precedent | 16 | |
| 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 |
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| Sale and purchase | 20 | |
| 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 |
Sale Shares Associated Rights Title and risk Consideration Shares |
21 |
| Period before Completion | ||
| 4.1 4.2 4,3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4,8 4,9 |
Access for Grange Access for Shagang Carrying on of Transaction Entities Business Carrying on of Grange Group Business Permitted acts Locked Box Parent Guarantees Seller Obligations Savage River SPA Consideration |
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| Termination | 26 | |
| 5.1 5.2 5.3 |
Termination by Grange Termination by the Sellers Automatic termination |
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| 5.4 5.5 |
Effect of termination No other right to terminate or rescind |
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| 6 | Pre-Completion actions | 27 | |
| 6.1 | Board resolutions | ||
| 7 | Completion | 28 | |
| 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 |
Time and Place Completion Sellers' obligations at Completion Grange's obligations at Completion Notice to complete Completion simultaneous Post Completion actions |
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| 8 | Warranties and Indemnities | 30 | |
| 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 |
Warranties by the Sellers and Ever Green Sellers Warranties by Grange Independent Warranties Reliance Indemnity for breach of Warranty Ever Green Sellers' Tax Indemnity Survival of representations Survival of indemnities |
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| 9 | Qualifications and limitations on Claims | 33 | |
| 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 |
Sellers' and Ever Green Sellers' liability Interpretation Disclosure No reliance Opinions, estimates and forecasts Maximum and minimum amounts Time limits ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Recovery under other rights and reimbursement No double claims . Mitigation of loss General limitations Limitations in relation to Tax Sole remedy Independent limitations |
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| 10 | Procedures for dealing with Claims | 39 | |
| 10.1 10.2 10.3 |
Notice of Claims Third Party Claims Tax Demands |
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| 11 | Period after Completion | 42 | |
| 11.1 11.2 |
Pre-Completion tax returns Treatment of Tax refunds |
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| 12 | GST | 45 | |
| 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 |
Definitions GST Tax invoices and adjustment notes Reimbursements |
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| 12.5 12.6 |
Information, returns and accounting to end GST Group Supplies between former members of the GST Group |
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| 13 | Guarantee by Shagang Guarantor and RI Guarantor | 47 | |
| 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 |
Guarantee and indemnity Extent of guarantee and indemnity Principal and independent obligation Continuing guarantee and indemnity Waiver of Rights No withholdings Currency Guarantor's Liability Restrictions on Guarantor's Dealings |
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| 14 | Guarantee by Stemcor Guarantor | 49 | |
| 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 |
Guarantee Extent of guarantee Principal and independent obligation Continuing guarantee No withholdings Currency Guarantor's Liability Termination of Guarantor's Liability |
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| 15 | Escrow restrictions | 50 | |
| 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 |
Restrictions during the Escrow Period Holding Lock Notice Consequences of breaching this clause 15 |
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| 16 | Duty, costs and expenses | 51 | |
| 16.1 | Stamp duty 16.2 Costs and expenses |
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| 17 | Confidentiality | 52 | |
| 18 | General | 53 | |
| 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 18.9 |
18.1 No representation or reliance . 18.2 No merger Prohibition and enforceability Severability Consents Notices Service of process Governing law and jurisdiction Waivers 18.10 Variation 18.11 Assignment 18.12 Further action 18.13 Entire agreement 18.14 Counterparts |
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Schedule 1
Contents
| Warranties | 58 | ||
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| 1 | Definitions | 58 | |
| 2 | Individual Seller Warranties | 64 | |
| 2.1 | No legal impediment | ||
| 2.2 | Corporate Authorisations | ||
| 2.3 | Power and capacity | ||
| 2.4 | Incorporation | ||
| 2.5 | Seller Group Members | ||
| 2.6 | No trust…………………………………………………………………………………………… | ||
| 2.7 | Enforceability | ||
| 2.8 | The Sale Shares | ||
| 2.9 | Breach or default | ||
| 2.10 2.11 |
Solvency | ||
| Shareholder Loan Agreements | |||
| 3 | Ever Green Warranties | 67 | |
| 3.1 | Breach or default | ||
| 3.2 | Consents | ||
| 3.3 | Shares and share capital | ||
| 3.4 | Corporate matters | ||
| 3.5 | Conduct of business | ||
| 3.6 3.7 |
Accounts | ||
| 3.8 | Assets, liabilities and financing arrangements Contracts |
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| 3.9 | Real property and environmental | ||
| 3.10 | Mining Tenements | ||
| 3.11 | Intellectual property and confidential information | ||
| 3.12 | Systems | ||
| 3.13 | Employees | ||
| 3.14 | Superannuation | ||
| 3.15 | Legal proceedings | ||
| 3.16 | Insurance | ||
| 3.17 | Tax | ||
| 3.18 | Disclosure | ||
| 4 | Grange Warranties | 85 | |
| 4.1 | No legal impediment | ||
| 4.2 | Corporate Authorisations | ||
| 4.3 | Power and capacity | ||
| 4.4 | Incorporation | ||
| 4.5 | Grange Group Members | ||
| 4.6 | No trust | ||
| 4.7 | Enforceability | ||
| 4.8 | No material proceedings | ||
| 4.9 4.10 |
No threatened material proceedings | ||
| 4.11 | No outstanding orders | ||
| 4.12 | Undertakings Compliance with laws |
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| 4.13 | Authorisations | ||
| 4.14 | Compliance with Authorisations | ||
| 4.15 | Termination | ||
| 4.16 | No revocations | ||
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| 4.17 | No prejudice of Material Authorisations | |||
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| 4.18 | Compliance | |||
| 4.19 | This agreement | |||
| 4.20 | Disclosure | |||
| 4.21 | Information provided | |||
| 4.22 | Tax paid | |||
| 4.23 | Provision in Accounts | |||
| 4.24 | Withholding tax | |||
| 4.25 | No capital gains tax relief | |||
| 4.26 | Records | |||
| 4.27 | Returns submitted | |||
| 4.28 | No Tax audit | |||
| 4,29 | No disputes | |||
| 4.30 | Franking credits | |||
| 4.31 | Stamping | |||
| 4.32 4.33 |
No tainting GST |
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| 4.34 | Contracts | |||
| 4.35 | Tax Invoices | |||
| Schedule 2 | 91 | |||
| 91 Schedule of Capital |
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| Ever Green | ||||
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Share Sale Agreement
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| Between the parties | |
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| Sellers | Great Period Limited |
| (soon to be named Shagang International Holdings Limited) registration number 1497243 of PO Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands |
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| (Shagang) | |
| Peak Scale Investments Limited | |
| (soon to be named RGL Holdings Co., Ltd) registration number 1497715 of PO Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands |
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| (RI) | |
| Pacific International Co. Pty Ltd | |
| ACN 133 363 265 of 60 Wilmot Street, Burnie, Tasmania | |
| (PI) | |
| Stemcor Pellets Limited | |
| registered no. 2188847 of Level 27, City Point, 1 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2 Y9ST, United Kingdom |
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| (Stemcor) | |
| Grange | Grange Resources Limited |
| ACN 009 132 405 of Level 11, 200 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 |
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| (Grange) | |
| Guarantors | Shagang International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd |
| registration number 1257375 of Unit 2902, 29/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Admiralty Hong Kong |
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| (Shagang Guarantor) | |
| RGL International Co., Ltd | |
| registration number 1273053 of 23/F, New Poly Plaza, No. 1 North Chaoyangmen Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, in the People's |
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| Stemcor Holdings Limited registered no. 1038435 of Level 27, City Point, 1 Ropernaker Street, London, EC2 Y9ST, United Kingdom (Stemcor Guarantor) |
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| Background | The Sellers own the Sale Shares. 1 |
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| 2 The Sellers have agreed to sell and Grange has agreed to buy the Sale Shares on the terms and conditions of this agreement. |
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| 3 This agreement records the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares. |
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| The Shagang Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the obligations 4 of Shagang, the RI Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the obligations of RI under this agreement and the Stemcor Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the obligations of Stemcor under this agreement. |
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| The parties agree | as set out in the operative part of this agreement, in consideration of, among other things, the mutual promises contained in this agreement. |
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$1.1$ Agreement components
This agreement includes any schedule.
$1.2$ Definitions
In this agreement capitalised expressions have the meanings set out below. This agreement will be interpreted in accordance with clause 1.3.
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| Term | Meaning |
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| ABM | Goldamere Pty Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Beviron Pty Ltd), a company trading under the name "Australian Bulk Minerals". |
| 'Accounts Date | 30 June 2008. |
| Approved Payments | any payment of the Fixed Consideration, the Head Agreement Consideration and the Deferred Consideration, as those terms are defined in the Savage River Sale and Purchase Agreement, required under the Savage River Sale and Purchase Agreement; and |
| any repayment of all or part of the amount of the balance owing to Evergain International Corporation (Evergain) in respect of a prepayment by Evergain for iron ore pellet shipments which balance was stated as A\$21,237,186 as of 30 June 2008. |
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| ASIC | the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. |
| ASX | the Australian Securities Exchange operated by ASX Limited (ACN 008 624 691). |
| Authorisation | any approval, licence, consent, authority, registration or permit. |
| Base Case Assumptions | the key valuation assumptions in respect of the Southdown Project in the agreed form. |
| Beviron Pty Ltd | Beviron Pty Ltd ACN 078 197 323. |
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| BNP Paribas Facility Drawdown |
the drawdown of up to \$40 million under the Facility Agreement between Goldamere Pty Ltd and BNP Paribas (ABN 23 000 000 117) dated 12 June 2008. |
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| Business Day | a day on which banks are open for business in Perth, other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Perth. |
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| Business Records | all original and certified copies of the books, records, documents, information, accounts and data (whether machine readable or in printed form) owned by or relating to a Transaction Entity or the property of a Transaction Entity and any source material used to prepare them. |
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| Claim | any claim, demand, legal proceedings or cause of action including any claim, demand, legal proceedings or cause of action: |
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| based in contract (including breach of warranty); 1 |
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| based in tort (including misrepresentation or negligence); 2 |
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| under common law; or 3 |
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| under statute (including Part V or VI of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)), 4 or like provisions in any state or territory legislation, |
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| in any way relating to this agreement or the Transaction and includes a claim, demand, legal proceedings or cause of action arising from a breach of Warranty, under an indemnity in any Transaction Agreement. |
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| Completion | completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares under clause 7. | |
| Completion Date | the date on which Completion occurs. | |
| Confidentiality Agreement |
the confidentiality agreement dated 24 December 2007 between Ever Green Resources Co., Ltd (formerly, Shagang Mining Company Limited (Hong Kong)) and Grange. |
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| Consideration | Grange Issuing the Consideration Shares to the Sellers. | |
| Consideration Shares | 380,025,554 fully paid ordinary shares in Grange. | |
| Consolidated Group | a Consolidated Group or a MEC group as those terms are defined in section 995-1 of the ITAA 1997. |
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| Corporations Act | the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). | |
| Cut Off Date | (31 December 2008. |