The plan of arrangement under which coal producer
The plan won 99% of the shares voted at the meeting, leaving the company to seek the approval of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench on Feb. 20. Once the courts and securities regulators approve the plan, the deal to merge the assets take effect.
Under the terms of the agreement, Fording, Sherritt (which had launched a hostile takeover bid for Fording in October 2002) and Teck Cominco (which came in with a “white knight” bid in December) will form a new partnership to manage Fording’s metallurgical coal mines, Teck’s Elkview mine in British Columbia, and the coking-coal operations of Luscar Coal, now owned by Sherritt — Line Creek, Luscar, and Cheviot, all of which are in Alberta.
Fording shareholders will have about 39% of the new company; Sherritt and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board will own or control 36%; and Teck Cominco and terminal operator
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