Rio Tinto Plc (ADR)

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 22, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Rio Tinto today extended its offer, made through an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, to acquire all the common shares of Hathor for C$4.70 in cash per common share until 5:00 pm (Toronto time) on ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 12, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Rio Tinto today extended its offer, made through an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, to acquire all the common shares of Hathor for C$4.70 in cash per common share until 5:00 pm (Toronto time) on 22 December 2011. The offer has been extended to allow the remaining Hathor shareholders sufficient time to tender their common shares to Rio Tinto's offer.

As of 5:00 pm

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Hathor announces that Rio Tinto has confirmed that it has succeeded in its bid to acquire Hathor and that all of the conditions of the offer, made through an indirect wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Rio, have been satisfied. Hathor has been advised that approximately 94,950,089 Hathor common shares were validly tendered by shareholders to the offer or held by an affiliate of Rio Tinto, representing 70.21 per cent of [...]

Hathor Exploration Limited shareholders are urged to promptly tender their common shares to Rio Tinto's increased offer, made through an indirect wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, to acquire all the common shares of Hathor for C$4.70 per common share in cash before 5:00 pm (Toronto time) on 30 November 2011, when the offer expires unless extended or withdrawn.

LONDON, UK, Nov. 22, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Rio Tinto today received Canadian Competition Bureau clearance for its offer, made through an indirect wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, to acquire all the common shares of Hathor Exploration Limited ('Hathor') for C$4.70 in cash per common share.

The Commissioner of Competition issued a 'no action letter' which constitutes compliance with all requirements of the Competition

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Rio Tinto today increased its offer, made through an indirect wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, to acquire all of Hathor Exploration Limited's common shares to C$4.70 in cash per common share. Rio Tinto's increased offer values Hathor at approximately C$654 million on a fully-diluted basis and represents a premium to Cameco Corporation's unsolicited revised offer of C$4.50 per common share made on 14 November 2011.

Rio Tinto today reiterated its friendly all-cash offer of C$4.15 per common share for Hathor Exploration made on 19 October 2011. Rio Tinto's offer represents a premium of more than 55 per cent to Hathor's unaffected closing price on 25 August 2011. It is also a premium of approximately 11 per cent to Cameco's unsolicited offer of C$3.75 per common share, which was extended until 14 November 2011.

        --  Rio Tinto to make an all-cash offer for all the common shares
            of Hathor for C$4.15 per common share, representing a premium
            of more than 55 per cent to Hathor's unaffected closing price
            on 25 August 2011.
        --  Hathor's board unanimously recommends shareholders accept the
            Rio Tinto offer.
        --  Hathor directors and senior management have entered into

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Rio Tinto, through an indirect wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, and Hathor Exploration Limited have agreed that Rio Tinto will make an offer to acquire all of the common shares of Hathor for C$4.15 in cash per common share. The value of the Rio Tinto offer is approximately C$578 million on a fully-diluted basis. Rio Tinto and Hathor have entered into a support agreement for the Rio Tinto offer. The Rio Tinto offer [...]

Rio Tinto has given notice to Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (Ivanhoe) that it is exercising its remaining warrants, which will increase its ownership of Ivanhoe shares from 42.0 per cent to 46.5 per cent. Under Rio Tinto′s agreement with Ivanhoe in ...