Afarak Group Plc Afarak Group Repurchases 10% Of The Shares Held By The Mogale Alloys Trust
January 18 2017 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMAFAGR
Afarak Group is pleased to announce an agreement between Afarak Mogale
and the Mogale Alloys Workers Trust on the purchase of all the shares
the Trust holds in Afarak Mogale.
In 2009; Ruukki Group, today Afarak Group, acquired 90% of Afarak
Mogale. The remaining 10% was held by the Mogale Alloys Workers Trust.
For the past 5 years, numerous requests have been made by the
beneficiaries of the Mogale Alloys Workers Trust for Afarak Group to
acquire the additional 10%. After several years of negotiation, an
agreement was finally reached between the Trust and Afarak Mogale, with
the approval of the majority of the beneficiaries of the Trust. Afarak
Mogale has put forward an offer of ZAR64.9 million to acquire the
remaining 10% in a share buy-back scheme that will see the shares
transferred to Afarak Mogale over an 8-year period.
Willem Smith, managing director of Afarak Mogale, expressed his
satisfaction at the conclusion of negotiations. He further added that he
felt confident that management and employees were now fully aligned on
the shareholding and incentive structure of Afarak Mogale and this
should usher a new era of industrial relations.
Guy Konsbruck, CEO of Afarak Group said that, "This buy-back is an
important element in consolidating our position in South Africa. I
would like to thank Dr Alistair Ruiters, the former CEO, and the team at
Mogale for concluding the negotiations."
PR MOGALE ALLOYS TRUST EN: http://hugin.info/143997/R/2071650/778507.pdf
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Source: Afarak Group via Globenewswire
http://www.afarakgroup.com
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