6 March 2017
The Company Secretary Aphrodite Gold Limited 116 Harrick Road,
Keilor Park VIC 3042 Fax: (03) 9331 7323
Dear Mr Beer
Notice of Initial Substantial HolderWe enclose Corporations Act 2001 Form 603, Notice of Initial Substantial Holder, lodged today with the Australian Securities Exchange.
Yours faithfully
I.D. Bloodworth Company Secretary
Form 603 Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B Notice of initial substantial holder603 GUIDE page 1/1 13 March 2000
To Company Name/Scheme Aphrodite Gold Limited (AGL)
ACN/ARSN ACN 138 879 928
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Details of substantial holder (1)
Name Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited (WHSP) and WHSP Hunter Hall Pty Ltd (Bidder) ACN/ARSN (if applicable) ACN 000 002 728 and ACN 616 648 241
The holder became a substantial holder on 20/02/2017
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Details of voting power
The total number of votes attached 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)
Voting power (6)
Fully paid ordinary shares
87,165,522
87,165,522
12.30 %
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Details of relevant interests
Holder of relevant interest
Nature of relevant interest (7)
Class and number of securities
WHSP, Bidder
WHSP is taken to have a "relevant interest" pursuant to section 608(3)(a) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in all shares in which Hunter Hall International Limited (HHL) has a relevant interest as WHSP and the Bidder, a wholly owned subsidiary of WHSP, have voting power above 20% in HHL.
85,026,048
WHSP, Bidder
WHSP has a "relevant interest" pursuant to section 608(1)(a) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) as the holder of the shares. Bidder is an associate of WHSP (section 12(2)(a) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)).
2,139,474
The nature of the relevant interest the substantial holder or an associate had in the following voting securities on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:
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Details of present registered holders
The persons registered as holders of the securities referred to in paragraph 3 above are as follows:
Holder of relevant interest
Registered holder of securities
Person entitled to be registered as holder (8)
Class and number of securities
HHL
HHL
HHL
Ordinary 85,026,048
WHSP
WHSP
WHSP
Ordinary 2,139,474
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Consideration
Holder of relevant
Date of acquisition
Consideration (9)
Class and number
Cash
Non-cash
Neither WHSP nor Bidder have acquired shares in AGL during the four months prior to 20/02/2017.
The consideration paid for each relevant interest referred to in paragraph 3 above, and acquired in the four months prior to the day that the substantial holder became a substantial holder is as follows:
- Associates
The reasons the persons named in paragraph 3 above are associates of the substantial holder are as follows:
Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable) | Nature of association |
WHSP and the Bidder | The Bidder is a wholly owned subsidiary of WHSP. |
7. Addresses | ||||
The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows: | ||||
Name | Address | |||
HHL | Level 2, 56 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000 | |||
WHSP | Level 1, 160 Pitt Street Mall, Sydney NSW 2000 | |||
Bidder | Level 1, 160 Pitt Street Mall, Sydney NSW 2000 | |||
Signature | ||||
print name | Ian David Bloodworth | capacity | Company Secretary | |
sign here | date | 6 March 2017 | ||
DIRECTIONS | ||||
(1) | If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in an annexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group, with the names and addresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 7 of the form. | |||
(2) | See the definition of "associate" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001. | |||
(3) | See the definition of "relevant interest" in sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Act 2001. | |||
(4) | The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes. | |||
(5) | The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme (if any) that the person or an associate has a relevant interest in. | |||
(6) | The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100. | |||
(7) | Include details of: | |||
(a) any relevant agreemen document setting out th or arrangement, must a | t or other circumstances by which the relevant interest was acquired. If subsection 671B(4) applies, a copy of any e terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme ccompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, scheme or arrangement; and | |||
(b) any qualification of the securities to which the r | power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the elevant interest relates (indicating clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies). | |||
See the definition of "relevant agreement" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001. | ||||
(8) | If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write "unknown.'" | |||
(9) | Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, moneys and other, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition. Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be included of any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial holder or its associate in relation to the acquisitions, even if they are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired. |
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