At a meeting scheduled for Dec. 1, shareholders of Prime Resources Group (PRU-T) will be asked to approve a bid by Homestake Mining (HM-N) for the 49.4% of the company that it does not already own.
Under the proposed plan of arrangement, Prime shareholders will have the choice of receiving either 0.74 of a Homestake common share or 0.74 of a Homestake Canada exchangeable share in return for one Prime share.
The arrangement requires approval by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast by shareholders other than those of Homestake Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of San Francisco-based Homestake.
Based on an independent valuation and fairness opinion, the reports of independent geological consultants and other considerations, a special committee of independent directors of Prime recommended that its minority shareholders approve the proposed deal.
It is anticipated that the management information circular, proxy forms and letter of transmittal relating to the proposed transaction will be mailed to Prime shareholders before the end of October.
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