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NOUMI LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2009
Nov 2, 2009
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Capital/Financing Update
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2 November 2009
ASX Limited Company Announcements Office Exchange Centre Level 4, 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000
MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT (ASX:FNP)
Notice under section 708AA(2)(f) of the Corporations Act – pro rata rights issue
Freedom Nutritional Products Limited ( FNP ) gives notice under section 708AA(2)(f) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the Act ) that:
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(a) it intends to make a pro rata, non-renounceable offer of shares for issue to all FNP shareholders with a registered address in Australia and New Zealand ( Entitlement Offer );
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(b) FNP will offer the shares for issue without disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Act;
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(c) as at the date of this notice, FNP has complied with:
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(i) the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act as they apply to FNP; and
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(ii) section 674 of the Act;
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(d) as at the date of this notice, there is no information that is “excluded information” within the meaning of sections 708A(7) and 708A(8) of the Corporations Act; and
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(e) The potential effect of the Entitlement Offer on the control of FNP and the consequences of that effect are dependent on a number of factors, including whether or not the major shareholders take up their entitlements and demand from other shareholders.
Arrovest Pty Limited ( Arrovest ) and Telunapa Pty Ltd (together, Major Shareholders ) hold 66.16% and 16.47% of the Shares respectively. Therefore, the potential effect of the issue of New Shares on the control of FNP is illustrated below:
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| If the offer is fully subscribed byshareholders. | No effect on control. |
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| If 50% of the rights offered aresubscribed for by the shareholdersother than the Major Shareholdersand the major shareholders subscribefor their full entitlement and for theshortfall in accordance with theUnderwriting Agreement. | The Major Shareholders’ shareholdingwould increase from 82.63% to 84.8%. |
| If the rights offer is subscribed by noshareholders other than the MajorShareholders. | The Major Shareholders’ shareholdingwould increase from 82.63% to 87.1%. |
| If the rights offer is subscribed by noshareholders other than Arrovest. | Arrovest’s shareholding would increasefrom 66.16% to 73.47%. |
Yours faithfully
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Mark Gilio Company Secretary
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