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MGX RESOURCES LIMITED — M&A Activity 2006
Nov 22, 2006
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Mount Gibson Iron Limited
A BN 87 008 670 817

First Floor, 7 Havelock Street West Perth 6005, Western Australia
PO Box 55, West Perth WA 6872
Telephone: 61-8-9426-7500 Facsimile: 61-8-9485 2305 E-mail: [email protected]
22 November 2006
Company Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange Limited 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
Dear Sir / Madam
Takeover bid by Mount Gibson Iron Limited for Aztec Resources Limited Notice of automatic extension of offer period
We refer to the takeover bid by Mount Gibson Iron Limited (Mount Gibson) for all the fully paid ordinary shares in Aztec Resources Limited.
As a result of the operation of subsection 624(2) of the Corporations Act 2001, the offer period under the takeover bid has been extended so that it is now scheduled to close at 5.00pm (Perth, Western Australia time) on 6 December 2006.
As announced to ASX on 10 November 2006, Mount Gibson has expressly reserved its right to further extend the offer period in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001.
A copy of the notice required by subsection 624(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 is attached.
Yours faithfully MOUNT GIBSON IRON LIMITED
Jorkin
Luke Tonkin Director
Mount Gibson Iron Limited ACN 008 670 817 Notice of automatic extension of offer period - s624(2) Corporations Act
To: Aztec Resources Limited ACN 078 548 562 (Aztec)
The holders of fully paid ordinary shares in Aztec who have not accepted an offer under the off-market takeover bid by Mount Gibson Iron Limited ACN 008 670 817
Mount Gibson Iron Limited (Mount Gibson) has made offers under an off-market takeover bid for all the fully paid ordinary shares in Aztec (Offers). The Offers are contained in a bidder's statement dated 11 August 2006 (Bidder's Statement).
For the purposes of subsection $624(2)$ of the Corporations Act 2001, Mount Gibson gives notice that:
- its voting power in Aztec increased to more than 50%; and $(a)$
- $(b)$ as a result of the occurrence of the event referred to in paragraph (a) and the operation of subsection 624(2) of the Corporations Act 2001, the offer period has been automatically extended so that it is now scheduled to close 14 days after the event referred to in paragraph (a). Accordingly, the offer period for the Offers is now scheduled to close at 5.00pm (Perth, Western Australia time) on 6 December 2006 (unless further extended).
As a result of the above, the Offers are varied by:
- replacing "24 November 2006" with "6 December 2006" in section $12.2(a)$ of the $\mathbf{1}$ Bidder's Statement: and
- $\overline{\mathcal{L}}$ replacing "24 November 2006" with "6 December 2006" on the Acceptance Form.
Date: 22 November 2006