Mirabela Nickel Limited - Issue of Subordinated Notes

  • Thursday, September 11, 2014
  • Source:ferro-alloys.com

  • Keywords:Mirabela Nickel Limited, nickel producer
[Fellow]Mirabela Nickel is a nickel producer, operating one of the world’s largest open pit nickel sulphide mines, located in Bahia, Brazil. The Company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (MBN). The Company delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange on 4 O...
Mirabela Nickel Limited (Mirabela or the Company) (ASX: MBN) wishes to advise that, further to its announcement of 26 August 2014, the Company has today issued US$5 million, 1.00%, 30 year subordinated notes (Subordinated Notes) in respect of former holders of US$395 million, 8.75% senior notes due 2018 (Notes) (Former Noteholders), as required as part of the restructuring and recapitalisation process of the Company.
 
The Subordinated Notes are in physical form.  Subordinated Note documentation will be despatched, in due course, by the Company's share registry to Former Noteholders who tendered their Notes through the Automated Tender Offer Program (ATOP).
 
Former Noteholders who did not tender their Notes via ATOP will have the Subordinated Notes to which they are entitled held on trust by Mirabela Investments Pty Ltd (MIPL), in its capacity as bare trustee.  MIPL, in its capacity as bare trustee, will attempt to sell the Subordinated Notes it holds in respect of Former Noteholders who have issued a cash out instruction (Cash Out Instruction), in accordance with the cash out process outlined in the Notice and Letter of Transmittal dated 4 June 2014 (Letter of Transmittal).  The Company notes that the next sale date in respect of the cash out process is 28 November 2014.
 
The Company encourages Former Noteholders who either did not tender their Notes via ATOP, or who have not issued a Cash Out Instruction, to contact the Company so that they may receive their "Restructuring Consideration", as defined in the Letter of Transmittal.  Former Noteholders who did not tender their Notes via ATOP, or who have not issued a Cash Out Instruction, have until 16 June 2015 to claim their Restructuring Consideration or "Cash Out Consideration" as defined in the Letter of Transmittal.
 
Mirabela Nickel is a nickel producer, operating one of the world’s largest open pit nickel sulphide mines, located in Bahia, Brazil. The Company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (MBN). The Company delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange on 4 October 2013.
 
The Santa Rita deposit is the largest nickel sulphide discovery in over a decade and the aggressive development schedule, from discovery to first production in five years, is testament to the deposit’s location close to essential infrastructure (power, rail, road and port), the simple process flowsheet and the pro-mining environment of Brazil.
 
The Santa Rita operation is a world class asset, producing a high quality metal concentrate via a state of the art nickel flotation processing plant and supported by an open pit with a current mine life of approximately 20 years remaining reserves, all underpinned by a strong, globally experienced management team. Mirabela Nickel also has a number of near-mine and regional exploration prospects that have the potential to provide additional, organic growth.

 

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