Announcements
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 16 February 2012
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by a Director of the Company on 16 February 2012 as follows:
Mr CRW Parish, an executive Director of the Company, on 16 February 2012 transferred 17,941 ordinary shares in the Company at £1.12 per share to his pension account.
Following this transaction:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 6,366,246 ordinary shares representing 9.85% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 10,639,011 ordinary shares representing 16.45% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.30% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
El Oro Ltd
Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman
Steven McKeane
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 03 February 2012
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by a Director of the
Company on 3 February 2012 as follows:
Mr CRW Parish, an executive Director of the Company, on 2 February 2012 sold 20,000 ordinary shares in
the Company at £1.09 per share on his own account.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive Director of the Company, on 3 February 2012 sold 40,000 ordinary shares in
the Company at £1.085 per share on his own account.
Following this transaction:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions,
of 6,366,246 ordinary shares representing 9.85% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of
10,639,011 ordinary shares representing 16.45% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.30% in
the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
El Oro Ltd
Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman
Steven McKeane
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 31 January 2012
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 December 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
129.8 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
122.0 pence |
| Discount |
6.0% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 18 January 2012
The Company has been informed of the following transaction in its ordinary shares by a Director on 17 January 2012 as follows:
Mr RE Wade a non-executive Director of the Company bought 10,000 ordinary shares in the Company at 110.5 pence per share.
Following this transaction:
Mr RE Wade has a beneficial holding in the Company following the notification of these transactions, of 437,268 ordinary shares representing 0.7% of the Company. This represents an interest of 0.7% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
El Oro Ltd
Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman
Steven McKeane
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 23 December 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
30 November 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
132.1 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
125.0 pence |
| Discount |
5.4% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
NAV announcement | Announced - 9 December 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 October 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
824.7 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
637.5 pence |
| Discount |
22.7% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
NAV announcement | Announced - 25 November 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
30 September 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
786.1 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
602.5 pence |
| Discount |
23.4% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
NAV announcement | Announced - 10 November 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 August 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
905.8 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
607.5 pence |
| Discount |
32.9% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 5 December 2011
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by a Director of a subsidiary company (El Oro and Exploration Company Limited) on 29 November 2011 as follows:
Mrs EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the subsidiary company, sold 9,800 ordinary shares in the Company at £1.17 per share. This sale of 9,800 ordinary shares was from a family trust for her children.
Mrs EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the subsidiary company, transferred 9,800 ordinary shares in the Company for no consideration to her husband.
Following this transactions:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 6,426,246 ordinary shares representing 9.94% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 10,639,011 ordinary shares representing 16.45% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.39% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mrs EW Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 6,149,631 representing 9.51% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 3,945,252 ordinary shares representing 6.10% of the Company. This represents an interest of 15.61% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
El Oro Ltd
C Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
Notice of Admission to Official List | Announced - 28 November 2011
The following securities have been admitted to the Official List of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange with effect from the time and date of this notice.
The listing of the following securities takes effect from 28 November 2011 at 08:00.
El Oro Ltd
53,880,839 ordinary no par value shares
ISIN - GG00B3L9RC72
As a result of this additional issue 64,657,340 ordinary no par value shares are now listed on the Exchange.
The application was sponsored by Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Ltd.
Bonus Issue and Share Split | Announced - 28 November 2011
EL ORO LTD (the "Issuer") has applied to the Exchange for a further 53,880,839 Ordinary no par value shares (the "Shares”) of the Issuer to be admitted to the Official List of the Exchange. The ISIN for these new ordinary shares will be GG00B77Q7194 and will rank pari passu to the existing issued ordinary shares.
It is expected that admission to the Official List of the Exchange will become effective and that dealings in the Shares will commence on 28 November 2011.
It is also intended that shareholders (on the register on 17 November 2011) will receive their additional shares as a result of the recently approved bonus issue and stock split in their account on 28 November 2011. Those shareholders who have elected to receive a share certificate, will receive this via mail shortly thereafter. Such certificate will replace in its entirety, any previous certificates issued.
The Issuer is a public company established under the laws of Guernsey on 9 December 2008. Copies of the Issuer’s Listing Document can be inspected at the registered office of the Sponsor at the address shown below during normal business hours excluding Saturdays and Sundays for a period of fourteen days from the date of this notice.
The Listing is sponsored by Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited.
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
1 Le Truchot
St. Peter Port
Guernsey, GY1 1WD
For further information, please contact:
El Oro Ltd
C Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
Company Secretary
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 8 November 2011
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by a Director of the Company on 3 November 2011 as follows:
Mr CRW Parish, an executive Director of the Company, bought 870 ordinary shares in the Company at £6.35 per share on his wife's account.
Following these transactions:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,071,041 ordinary shares representing 9.94% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,771,535 ordinary shares representing 16.44% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.38% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
El Oro Ltd
C Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
Final Results at 30 June 2011 | Announced - 19 October 2011
El Oro Ltd announces its final results for the year ended 30 June 2011.
Extracts from the final results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Annual Report at 30 June 2011 | Announced - 19 October 2011
The Directors are pleased to announce the audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011 for the Company.
The audited Financial Statements for the Company are attached to this announcement.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 28 September 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 July 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
943.3 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
620.0 pence |
| Discount |
34.3% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
NAV announcement | Announced - 01 August 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
30 June 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
911.0 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
625.0 pence |
| Discount |
31.4% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
NAV announcement | Announced - 23 June 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 May 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
925.8 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
625.0 pence |
| Discount |
32.5% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 16 June 2011
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by a Director of the Company on 16 June 2011 as follows:
Mr CRW Parish, an executive Director of the Company, sold 3,245 ordinary shares in the Company at £6.10 per share on his own account.
Following these transactions:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,075,171 ordinary shares representing 9.98% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,851,535 ordinary shares representing 17.18% of the Company. This represents an interest of 27.16% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
El Oro Ltd
Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman
Steven McKeane
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Change of Administrator, Company Secretary and Registered Office | Announced - 10 June 2011
El Oro Ltd (the "Company”) announces that with effect from 10 June 2011, Dexion Capital
(Guernsey) Limited ("Dexion”) has been appointed as CISX Listing Sponsor of the Company in place of Capita Financial Administrators (Jersey) Limited.
Contact details of the new CISX Listing Sponsor are as follows:
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
PO Box 676
1 Le Truchot
St Peter Port
Guernsey GY1 3SZ
Tel: +44 1481 743940
Company Secretary
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 743940
El Oro Ltd
Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman
Steven McKeane
Tel: 020 7581 2782
FinnCap Limited
Matthew Robinson (Corporate Finance)
Ben Thompson (Corporate Finance)
Tel: 020 7600 1658
Admission to Trading in London | Announced - 6 June 2011
El Oro Ltd ("El Oro" or the "Company") announces it has been admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange Electronic Trading System - quotes and crosses ("SETSqx") of the London Stock Exchange. SETSqx will allow the Company's securities to be viewed by the London investment community.
The admission to trading on SETSqx does not affect the listing of all of the Company's shares on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.
The ticker for El Oro is ELX.
El Oro is a collective investment vehicle which holds discrete portfolios which are segmented and managed along different investment styles. The UK portfolio focuses on mature sectors with higher yields and the Guernsey portfolio holds stocks selected in pursuit of growth.
El Oro was formed from the restructuring of the El Oro Mining and Exploration Company plc to allow El Oro Ltd to be subject to a tax regime that puts it on a par with other investment vehicles such as unit and investment trusts.
Robin Parish, Chairman of El Oro, commented, "I am delighted that the London investment community will now be aware of El Oro, as the Channel Islands investment community continues to be."
For further information, please contact:
El Oro Ltd
Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman
Steven McKeane
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: 01481 732814
finnCap Limited
Matthew Robinson (Corporate Finance)
Ben Thompson (Corporate Finance)
Tel: 020 7600 1658
NAV announcement | Announced - 31 May 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
30 April 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
947.4 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
625.0 pence |
| Discount |
34.0% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Change of Administrator, Company Secretary and Registered Office | Announced - 23 May 2011
El Oro Ltd (the "Company") announces that with effect from 23rd May 2011, Dexion Capital (Guernsey)
Limited ("Dexion") of 1 Le Truchot, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3SZ. has been appointed as Administrator
and Secretary of the Company in place of Capita Financial Administrators (Guernsey) Limited.
Dexion is licensed to carry out investment services business by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
Consequently and with immediate effect, the new Registered Office of the Company will be situated at:
1 Le Truchot
St Peter Port
Guernsey
GY1 1WD
For further information, please contact:
Company Secretary
Dexion Capital (Guernsey) Limited
Gillian Newton
Tel: +44 1481 743940
NAV announcement | Announced - 11 May 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 March 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
951.6 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
625.0 pence |
| Discount |
34.3% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Interim Results - 31 December 2010 | Announced - 13 April 2011
El Oro Ltd announces its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2010.
Extracts from the interim results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 28 March 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
28 February 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
964.7 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
625.0 pence |
| Discount |
35.2% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 10 March 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 January 2011 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
955.2 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
625.0 pence |
| Discount |
34.6% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 10 February 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 December 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
1009.4 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
575.0 pence |
| Discount |
43% |
The Company’s final dividend of 5.0 pence for the year ended 30 June 2010 was paid on 10 December 2010.
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 13 January 2011
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by a Director of the Company on 20 December 2010 as follows:
Mr CRW Parish, an executive Director of the Company, bought 25 ordinary shares in the Company at £5.60 per share on behalf of his daughters family trust.
Following these transactions:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,076,787 ordinary shares representing 9.99% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,851,535 ordinary shares representing 17.18% of the Company. This represents an interest of 27.17% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 4 January 2011
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
30 November 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
887.2 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
545.0 pence |
| Discount |
38.6% |
The Company’s final dividend of 5.0 pence for the year ended 30 June 2010 went ex-dividend on 24 November 2010 for payment on 10 December 2010. This dividend will be accounted for on the payment date.
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 26 November 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 October 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
814.0 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
525.0 pence |
| Discount |
35.5% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 8 November 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
30 September 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
785.1 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
425.0 pence |
| Discount |
45.9% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
Capita Financial Administrators Guernsey Limited
Tel: 01481 750 705
Fax: 01481 750 724
Final Dividend to 30 June 2010 - Amended date | Announced - 29 October 2010
The Company’s registrar, Capita Registrars advised that there has to be a rescheduling of the time-table for the dividend announcement made in the Preliminary Results announcement on 27 October 2010.
The dividend timetable has therefore been revised as follows:
The Directors of El Oro Ltd propose a final cash dividend of 5.0 pence per share for the year-ended 30 June 2010, payable on 10 December 2010 to shareholders on the Register, at close of business on 24 November 2010.
Enquiries:
Company Secretary
Capita Financial Administration (Guernsey) Limited
Telephone: 01481 750700
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Annual Report at 30 June 2010 | Announced - 27 October 2010
The Directors are pleased to announce the audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2010 for the Company.
The audited Financial Statements for the Company are attached to this announcement.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Final Results - 30 June 2010 | Announced - 27 October 2010
El Oro Ltd announces its final results for the year ended 30 June 2010.
Extracts from the final results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 6 October 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 August 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
668.1 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
425.0 pence |
| Discount |
36.4% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 14 September 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 July 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
658.0 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
425.0 pence |
| Discount |
35.4% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 24 August 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
30 June 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
651.2 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
425.0 pence |
| Discount |
34.7% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 1 July 2010
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by a Director of the Company on 30 June 2010 as follows:
Mr CRW Parish, an executive Director of the Company, sold 3,250 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.25 per share on behalf of his wife.
Following these transactions:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,076,762 ordinary shares representing 9.99% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,851,535 ordinary shares representing 17.18% of the Company. This represents an interest of 27.17% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 30 June 2010
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by Directors of the Company and a subsidiary company (El Oro and Exploration Company Limited) as follows:
Mrs EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the subsidiary company, transferred 50,000 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.10 per share. This transfer was for 50,000 ordinary shares into a family trust for her children.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive Director of the Company, bought 12,500 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.15 per share on behalf of himself (9,950) and his wife (2,550).
Following these transactions:
Mrs EW Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,026,572 representing 9.53% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 735,908 ordinary shares representing 6.83% of the Company. This represents an interest of 16.35% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,080,012 ordinary shares representing 10.02% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,851,535 ordinary shares representing 17.18% of the Company. This represents an interest of 27.20% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 4 June 2010
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by Directors of the Company and a subsidiary company (El Oro and Exploration Company Limited) as follows:
Mr CRW Parish, an executive Director of the Company, bought 4,500 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.30 per share on behalf of family trusts for his children who are minors.
Following these transactions:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,067,512 ordinary shares representing 9.90% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,801,535 ordinary shares representing 16.72% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.62% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 16 June 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 May 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
685.5 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
425.0 pence |
| Discount |
38% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 28 May 2010
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by Directors of the Company and a subsidiary company (El Oro and Exploration Company Limited) as follows:
Mrs EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the subsidiary company, transferred 14,500 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.05 per share. This transfer was for 9,500 ordinary shares into a personal ISA account and 5,000 ordinary shares into an ISA account for Mr Houston.
The adult children of Mrs EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the subsidiary company transferred 7,145 ordinary shares from trusts, which Mrs EW Houston and Mr CRW Parish are trustees of, into personal ISA accounts.
Following these transactions:
Mrs EW Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,076,572 representing 9.99% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 685,908 ordinary shares representing 6.36% of the Company. This represents an interest of 16.35% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,063,012 ordinary shares representing 9.86% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,801,535 ordinary shares representing 16.72% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.58% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 17 May 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
30 April 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
713.2 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
420.0 pence |
| Discount |
41.1% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 14 May 2010
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by Directors of the Company and a subsidiary company (El Oro and Exploration Company Limited) as follows:
Mrs EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the Company, received 4,000 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.05 per share. This transfer comprised 23,818 ordinary shares received from her husband’s account, with Mr Houston selling the additional 19,818 ordinary shares to family trust accounts of their adult children and of which, Mrs. EW Houston and Mr CRW Parish are trustees.
Following these transactions:
Mrs EW Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,076,572 representing 9.99% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 685,908 ordinary shares representing 6.36% of the Company. This represents an interest of 16.35% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,063,012 ordinary shares representing 9.86% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,801,535 ordinary shares representing 16.72% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.58% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement | Announced - 13 May 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
| Net Asset Value |
|
| Valuation date |
31 March 2010 |
| Currency |
GBP |
| NAV |
685.8 pence |
| Share Price (mid) |
400.0 pence |
| Discount |
41.7% |
The Company’s Share Price can be found at www.cisx.com [ticker – ELX].
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 11 May 2010
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by Directors of the Company and a subsidiary company (El Oro and Exploration Company Limited) as follows:
Mrs EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the Company, transferred 4,000 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.05 per share. This transfer comprised 23,818 ordinary shares received to her husband’s account, with Mr Houston receiving the additional 19,818 ordinary shares from family trust accounts of their adult children and of which, Mrs. EW Houston and Mr CRW Parish are trustees.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company, received 6,500 ordinary shares in the Company (3,500 at £4.05 per share and a further 3,000 at £4.20 per share). This transfer comprised 6,500 ordinary shares received on behalf of trust accounts for his children (who are minors) and of which Mr CRW Parish is a trustee.
Mr RE Wade, a non-executive director of the Company, bought 3,500 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.25 per share on his own account.
Following these transactions:
Mrs EW Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,096,390 representing 10.17% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 666,090 ordinary shares representing 6.18% of the Company. This represents an interest of 16.35% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,063,012 ordinary shares representing 9.86% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,781,717 ordinary shares representing 16.53% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.40% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mr RE Wade has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 71,212 ordinary shares representing an interest of 0.66% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Website Redesign Launched | Announced - 13 April 2010
El Oro Ltd, (CISX: ELX) is pleased to announce that it has today launched an updated Company website which can be viewed at: www.eloro.com
The site has been redesigned to be more efficient and user friendly.
Robin Parish, El Oro’s Chairman commented:
"The Board of Directors is committed to providing shareholders and potential shareholders with current and relevant information on the Group. We believe that the redesigned website will provide investors with a more comprehensive portal on the Company's business. Our operations continue to develop and we hope that by keeping shareholders as informed as possible they will be able to more fully appreciate the Group’s business as we develop the business and continue to grow its assets."
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Merger | Announced - 8 September 2003
MERGER OF EL ORO MINING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY P.L.C. ("EL ORO”) WITH THE EXPLORATION COMPANY P.L.C. ("EXPLORATION”) CHANGE OF NAME & START OF DEALINGS SHARE CAPITAL AND HOLDINGS IN THE MERGED COMPANY
The merger of El Oro with Exploration is now effective. The merged entity has changed its name to "El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c." (the "Company") and the cross holdings between El Oro and Exploration have been cancelled.
Dealings in new stock units in the Company will begin today, Monday 8th September.
The total issued share capital of the Company is £ 597,146.35 consisting of 11,942,927 stock units of 5p each.
The Parish family have notified the Company that following the merger of El Oro with Exploration, they were allotted new stock units in the Company in consideration for the surrender of their El Oro shares, as follows:
| Clement Robin Woodbine Parish |
839,544 |
| The Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell Parish |
20,895 |
| Emma Woodbine Houston |
648,069 |
| Suzanne Kumaramangalam |
665,987 |
| Caroline Zegos |
339,668 |
Following the merger of El Oro with Exploration, the Directors of the Company were allotted new stock units in the Company in consideration for the surrender of their El Oro shares, as follows:
| Clement Robin Woodbine Parish |
839,544 |
| The Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell Parish |
20,895 |
| Emma Woodbine Houston |
648,069 |
| David Richard Lindsay Hunting |
248 |
| Robert Elmer Wade |
17,047 |
| James Anthony Wild |
11,281 |
The Parish family have notified the Company that following the merger of El Oro with Exploration, they hold stock units in the Company, as follows:
| Clement Robin Woodbine Parish |
1,607,666 |
| The Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell Parish |
342,851 |
| Emma Woodbine Houston |
1,592,226 |
| Suzanne Kumaramangalam |
1,554,644 |
| Caroline Zegos |
1,171,770 |
The Directors of the Company, following the merger of El Oro with Exploration, hold stock units in the Company as follows:
| Clement Robin Woodbine Parish |
1,607,666 |
| The Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell Parish |
342,851 |
| Emma Woodbine Houston |
1,592,226 |
| David Richard Lindsay Hunting |
248 |
| Robert Elmer Wade |
35,047 |
| James Anthony Wild |
15,281 |
Enquiries:
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. 0207 581 2782
Robin Parish
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 18 September 2003
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 18th September 2003 by Robert E. Wade, a non-executive director of the company that he purchased 1,000 ordinary 5p stock units XD in the company that day. The price he paid was £3.20 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 36,047.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 19 September 2003
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 19th September 2003 by J. Anthony Wild, a non-executive director of the company that he purchased 4,719 ordinary 5p stock units XD in the company that day. The price he paid was £3.00 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 20,000.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 6 October 2003
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 6th October 2003 by Robert E. Wade, a non-executive director of the company that he purchased 1,000 ordinary 5p stock units XD in the company that day. The price he paid was £3.58 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 37,047.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 20 October 2003
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 16th October 2003 by Robert E. Wade, a non-executive director of the company that he purchased 2,500 ordinary 5p shares in the company that day. The price he paid was USD6.65 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 39,547.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 31 October 2003
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 29th October 2003 by Robert E. Wade, a non-executive director of the company that he purchased 3,665 ordinary 5p stock units in the company that day. The price he paid was £3.80 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 43,212.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 30 December 2003
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 29th December 2003 by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the company that he purchased 1,400 ordinary 5p stock units in the company that day. The price he paid was £4.13 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 1,609,066. The shares were purchased for the C.R.W. & L.A. Parish Trust A/C N.E.W. Parish.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 30 December 2003
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 30th December 2003 by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the company that he purchased 1,730 ordinary 5p stock units in the company that day. The price he paid was £4.20 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 1,610,796. Of the shares purchased, 230 were purchased for C.R.W. Parish and 1,500 were purchased for Mrs L Parish.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 29 June 2004
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 29th June 2004 by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the Company of purchases made in the Company on 28th June at £4.15. The details of these purchases in the Company are shown in the following table and are summarised below.
1. That the Company has purchased and cancelled 9,679 stock units of the Company. Stock units remaining in issue are 11,943,248.
2. That Investigations and Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company has purchased 7,000 stock units.
3. That he and other members of his family, family trusts and a non-family non-executive director have purchased stock units.
| |
Stock units purchased |
Stock units held after purchase |
Stock units in issue after purchase |
| El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. |
|
|
|
| Stock units cancelled |
9,679 |
n/a |
11,943,248 |
| Investigations and Management |
|
|
|
| In own name |
7,000 |
60,700 |
|
| C.R.W. Parish |
|
|
|
| In his own name |
1,000 |
|
|
| In his PEP |
1,185 |
|
|
| In L.J. Parish's name |
1,000 |
|
|
| In the name of C.R.W. & L.J. Parish Trust A/C A.J.W. Parish |
2,000 |
1,615,981 |
|
| The Hon Mrs E.C. Parish |
|
|
|
| In her PEP |
2,475 |
|
|
| In her ISA |
1,675 |
347,001 |
|
| E.W. Houston |
|
|
|
| In her own name |
12,000 |
|
|
| In her ISA |
1,340 |
1,099,033 |
|
| S.B. Kumaramangalam |
|
|
|
| In her PEP |
835 |
|
|
| In her ISA |
5,200 |
1,048,132 |
|
| Mr S.B. and Mrs S.B. Kumaramangalam |
|
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Settlement for Zoe |
6,000 |
518,547 |
|
| Mr G. and Mrs C.W. Zegos |
|
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Settlement for Zegos children |
4,000 |
466,547 |
|
| E.W. Houston |
|
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Settlement for Houston children |
4,750 |
511,283 |
|
| R.L. Wade |
|
|
|
| In his own name |
2,500 |
45,712 |
|
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Disposal of Danby Registrars Limited | Announced - 15 October 2004
Not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part in, into, or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.
For immediate release 15 October 2004
EL ORO AND EXPLORATION COMPANY P.L.C.
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF DANBY TO A RELATED PARTY PURSUANT TO A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT
Introduction
The Independent Directors of El Oro are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement in principle on the terms of the disposal of Danby to Matchtape, a newly incorporated company wholly owned by the Chairman, Robin Parish. The Disposal is to be implemented via a scheme of arrangement under section 425 of the Act pursuant to which, in return for the share capital in Danby being indirectly acquired by Matchtape, Robin Parish will cancel a number of his existing El Oro Stock Units and Danby will cancel the 154,535 El Oro Stock Units it currently holds.
Based on an independent valuation of Danby's principal asset, Walcot, at £3.1 million, the value of Danby has been agreed at £3.225 million. Accordingly, as consideration for the Disposal, 837,662 existing El Oro Stock Units owned by Robin Parish will be cancelled by way of reduction of capital pursuant to the Scheme. The number of RP Stock Units to be cancelled and reduced has been calculated by reference to the average closing mid-market price for the ten Business Days prior to the date of this announcement (385p).
The Disposal will be conditional, amongst other things, upon:
- the approval of El Oro Stockholders at a El Oro EGM;
- the approval of the Class Meeting Stockholders at the Class Meeting; and
- the sanction of the Scheme by the Court.
Background to and reasons for the Independent Directors' recommendation of the Disposal
The major asset held in Danby is Walcot which is the family home of the Parish Family. A lease has existed since 1957 between the Company and the Hon. Mrs E C Parish, allowing her to live at Walcot as a tenant. Robin Parish and his wife and children have also lived at Walcot since 1999 and pay an annual rent, as has Mrs Kumaramangalam, the eldest daughter of the Hon. Mrs E C Parish, and her family for a considerable number of years.
FPDSavills Limited have valued Walcot, on the basis of its existing condition and the likely protected tenancy of the Hon. Mrs E.C. Parish, at £3.1 million. Other assets currently held in Danby that Matchtape will be acquiring are assorted fixtures and fittings, a loan to, and a 20% shareholding in, Spital Square Limited and small amounts of farming stock and other debtors.
For some time now, the board of El Oro, including Mr Parish himself, has recognised that it is not appropriate for the Company to own the Parish Family home. In addition from a management point of view, Danby is primarily a trading and agricultural concern which, for some time, has not sat easily within El Oro with its focus as a share and securities dealing company.
The Independent Directors consider that the Scheme and the Disposal are in the best interests of El Oro Stockholders for the following reasons:
- a. Investor perception
- As outlined above, Danby, Walcot and their associated activities are incompatible with the core El Oro business and divert management time. The board is also concerned that continued ownership of Danby and Walcot by El Oro is unsatisfactory and indeed unacceptable in the views of investors and potential investors in the Company.
- b. Elimination of losses
- Danby has sustained a trading loss in each of the last five years and is expected to continue to do so in the foreseeable future. The Disposal is expected to result in the elimination of such losses for El Oro going forward.
- c. Enhanced El Oro Group net assets per El Oro Stock Unit
- The cancellation of the Scheme Stock Units will lead to a reduction in the issued share capital and hence an immediate increase in El Oro Group net assets (taking investments at market value) per El Oro Stock Unit, a key performance measurement of El Oro. In the view of the board, any increase in El Oro Group net assets (taking investments at market value) per El Oro Stock Unit should directly flow through to the market price for each El Oro Stock Unit.
- d. Reduced dividend cost
- The cancellation of the Scheme Stock Units will lead to a reduction in the cash outlay required to pay dividends to stockholders. The dividend payout for the year ended 31 December 2003 was 11p. At that level the cancellation of the Scheme Stock Units will save the Company £109,142 per annum.
Other options
As an alternative to the Scheme, the Independent Directors have considered the possibility of marketing Walcot more widely and selling it to a third party. However, they have also taken account of the following factors:
- Walcot is perceived to be a "trophy asset". However, the absence of vacant possession due to the existing likely protected tenancy enjoyed by the Hon. Mrs E C Parish, at a time of a weakening of the property market generally, may, in the view of the Independent Directors, be a significant deterrent to a buyer;
- Walcot itself is in need of substantial modernisation and redecoration which would be for the account of a new purchaser. In particular there is extensive asbestos throughout the house which would be both hazardous and expensive to remove; and
- It is likely that a third party buyer may prefer to acquire Walcot rather than Danby, which would leave El Oro to deal with the ongoing loss making accommodation and agricultural businesses.
The Independent Directors consider that the proposed Disposal of Danby pursuant to the Scheme at the present time is a long overdue resolution to an unsatisfactory situation and provides certainty on terms which are attractive to the Company and in the interests of El Oro Stockholders.
El Oro and its advisers are currently preparing a circular that will be sent to stockholders setting out in detail the reasons for the Disposal and details of the Scheme. The document will also contain the advice of the Independent Directors, who are being advised by BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance, recommending El Oro Stockholders to vote in favour of the proposed Disposal. This document will be dispatched to El Oro Stockholders as soon as practicable.
Enquiries:
El Oro and Exploration Company plc - 020 7581 2782
Anthony Wild
David Hunting
BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance - 020 7486 5888
Michael Cobb
Philip Brady
BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance, a division of BDO Stoy Hayward LLP, Chartered Accountants, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for El Oro as financial adviser in connection with the Disposal (but not on the terms of the Scheme) and no-one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than El Oro for providing the protections afforded to clients of BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance nor for providing advice in relation to the Disposal.
Definitions
The following definitions apply throughout this announcement, unless the context requires otherwise:
| "Act" |
the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) |
| "Australia" |
the Commonwealth of Australia, its states, territories and possessions |
| "Business Day" |
any day on which lending banks in the London inter-banking sterling markets are open for general non-automated business in the City of London |
| "Canada" |
Canada, its provinces and territories and all areas subject to its jurisdiction and any political sub-division thereof |
| "Class Meeting" |
the meeting of the Class Meeting Stockholders to be convened by the Court in connection with the Scheme |
| "Class Meeting Stockholders" |
anticipated to comprise all El Oro Stockholders except Robin Parish, the Hon. Mrs E C Parish, Suzanne Kumaramangalam, Danby and Investigations and Management Limited |
| "Court" |
the High Court of Justice in England and Wales |
| "Danby" |
Danby Registrars Limited, registered in England and Wales with company number 00342210 |
| "Danby Stock Units" |
154,535 El Oro Stock Units currently held by Danby which are to be cancelled pursuant to the Reduction |
| "Disposal" |
means the disposal by El Oro of Danby by means of an indirect transfer of Danby to Matchtape pursuant to the terms of the Scheme |
| "El Oro" or the "Company" |
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. registered in England and Wales with company number 80408 |
| "El Oro Stock Units" |
stock units of 5p each in the capital of El Oro |
| "El Oro EGM" |
the extraordinary general meeting of El Oro Stockholders convened for the purposes of, inter alia, approving the Scheme |
| "El Oro Group" |
El Oro, its subsidiaries and subsidiary undertakings |
| "El Oro Stockholders" |
holders of El Oro Stock Units |
| "Independent Directors" |
D.R.L. Hunting, R.E. Wade and J.A. Wild |
| "Matchtape" |
Matchtape Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 05243618 and the share capital of which is wholly owned by Robin Parish |
| "Parish Family" |
Mr Parish (the chairman and managing director of the Company) and his immediate family, Emma Woodbine Houston (his sister) and her immediate family, The Hon. Mrs. E C Parish (his mother), Caroline Zegos (his sister) and her immediate family and Suzanne Kumaramangalam (his sister) and her immediate family (and their respective nominees and/or related trusts) |
| "Reconstruction" |
the proposed Reconstruction of El Oro to be effected by way of the Scheme described in this document |
| "Reduction" |
the reduction of the share capital of El Oro by the cancellation of the Scheme Stock Units by way of a capital reduction under section 135 of the Act |
| "RP Stock Units" |
837,662 of the El Oro Stock Units currently held by Robin Parish which are to be cancelled pursuant to the Reduction |
| "Scheme" |
the scheme of arrangement under Section 425 of the Act in order to effect the proposed Reconstruction of El Oro |
| "Scheme Stock Units" |
the RP Stock Units and the Danby Stock Units |
| "Sterling" or "£" |
pounds sterling and reference to "pence" and "p" shall be construed accordingly |
| "UK" or "United Kingdom" |
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| "United States" |
the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, and all other areas subject to its jurisdictions |
"Walcot Hall and
Estate" or "Walcot" |
Walcot Hall and Estate, Lydbury North, Shropshire |
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 22 October 2004
El Oro & Exploration Company p.l.c. ("El Oro") advises you that on 20th January 2005 following the disposal of one of its subsidiary companies, Danby Registrars Limited ("Danby"), to a related party pursuant to a scheme of arrangement, C. R. W. Parish, an executive director of El Oro has cancelled 837,662 El Oro Stock units at 385p per Stock unit and Danby has cancelled 154,535 El Oro Stock units. The Stock units in issue in El Oro after these cancellations is 10,848,701.
The current holding by directors and the Parish family are as follows:
| |
Stock units purchased |
Stock units held after purchase |
Stock units in issue after purchase |
| El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. |
|
|
|
| Stock units cancelled |
|
n/a |
11,840,898 |
| C.R.W. Parish |
|
|
|
| In his own name |
10,000 |
|
|
| In his Pension Fund |
38,700 |
|
|
| In his PEP |
1,000 |
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Educational Trust for A.J.W. Parish |
500 |
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Educational Trust for A.G.W. Parish |
1,500 |
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Educational Trust for N.E.W. Parish |
250 |
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Educational Trust for E.C.W. Parish |
8,000 |
|
|
| In the name of C.R.W. & L.J. Parish Trust A/C A.J.W. Parish |
3,000 |
|
|
| In the name of C.R.W. & L.J. Parish Trust A/C A.J.W. Parish |
900 |
|
|
| In the name of C.R.W. & L.J. Parish Trust A/C A.J.W. Parish |
50 |
|
|
| In the name of C.R.W. & L.J. Parish Trust A/C A.J.W. Parish |
1,000 |
|
|
| In the name of L.J. Parish |
1,000 |
|
|
| In the name of L.J. Parish - in her PEP |
300 |
|
|
| In the name of L.J. Parish - in her ISA |
300 |
1,682,481
|
|
| The Hon Mrs E.C. Parish |
|
|
|
| In her own name |
15,000 |
|
|
| In her PEP |
800 |
|
|
| In her ISA |
50 |
362,851 |
|
| E.W. Houston |
|
|
|
| In her own name |
10,300 |
|
|
| In her PEP |
1000 |
|
|
| In her ISA |
50 |
1,110,383 |
|
| E.W. Houston |
|
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Settlement for Houston children |
7,750 |
519,033 |
|
| S.W. Kumaramangalam |
|
|
|
| In her own name |
10,000 |
|
|
| In her PEP |
1,000 |
|
|
| In her ISA |
200 |
1,059,332 |
|
| S.W. Kumaramangalam |
|
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Settlement for Zoe |
15,000 |
533,547 |
|
| C.W. Zegos |
|
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Settlement for Zegos children |
10,000 |
476,547 |
|
| R.L. Wade |
|
|
|
| In his own name |
10,000 |
55,712 |
|
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Disposal of Danby Registrars Limited | Announced - 5 November 2004
Not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part in, into, or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan
For immediate release 5 November 2004
EL ORO AND EXPLORATION COMPANY P.L.C.
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF DANBY TO A RELATED PARTY PURSUANT TO A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT
DESPATCH OF CIRCULAR TO STOCKHOLDERS
It was announced on 15 October 2004 that the Independent Directors of El Oro had reached agreement in principle on the terms of the disposal of Danby to Perceval Limited (formerly Matchtape Limited), a newly incorporated company wholly owned by the Chairman, Robin Parish. The value of Danby has been agreed at £3.225 million.
As described in the earlier announcement, the Disposal is to be implemented via a scheme of arrangement under section 425 of the Act pursuant to which, in return for the share capital in Danby being indirectly acquired by Perceval, Robin Parish will cancel 837,662 existing El Oro Stock Units at the agreed price per share of 385p and Danby will cancel the 154,535 El Oro Stock Units it currently holds.
The formal sale and purchase agreement between El Oro and Brickleaf Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of El Oro) (the "SPA") has now been entered into. It is intended that the SPA will be assigned to Perceval pursuant to the Scheme. The circular to El Oro Stockholders setting out in detail the reasons for the Disposal, the details of the Scheme and the advice of the Independent Directors, who are being advised by BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance, recommending El Oro Stockholders to vote in favour of the proposed Disposal, will be despatched later today. The circular also contains details of the EGM and Court Meeting which have been convened for 29 November 2004.
Definitions used in the announcement of 15 October 2004 apply in this announcement.
Enquiries:
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. - 020 7581 2782
Anthony Wild
David Hunting
BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance - 020 7486 5888
Michael Cobb
Philip Brady
BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance, a division of BDO Stoy Hayward LLP, Chartered Accountants, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for El Oro as financial adviser in connection with the Disposal (but not on the terms of the Scheme) and no-one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than El Oro for providing the protections afforded to clients of BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance nor for providing advice in relation to the Disposal.
Disposal of Danby Registrars Limited | Announced - 29 November 2004
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF DANBY TO A RELATED PARTY PURSUANT TO A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT ("SCHEME")
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. ("El Oro") is pleased to announce the results of the Stockholders Meetings held this morning.
The resolution considered at the Court Meeting of the Court Meeting Stockholders held on 29 November 2004, was duly passed on a poll. 96.7% of those Court Meeting Stockholders present in person or by proxy and voting voted in favour of the resolution, representing 98.9% by value of the Stock Units held by those Court Meeting Stockholders present and voting.
The four resolutions considered at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 29 November 2004, were duly passed on polls.
The Court Hearing of El Oro's petition to sanction the Scheme and the Capital Reduction is expected to take place in mid January 2004.
Change in Date of AGM | Announced - 6 May 2005
Further to the announcement that was made on 22 April 2005 regarding the Preliminary Results I wish to advise of three date changes contained therin. The AGM will take place on 14 June 2005 and not 16 June 2005, the accounts are expected to be dispatched to stockholders on 21 June 2005 and not 23 June 2005 and the first and final dividend will be paid to members registered in the books of the Company at the close of business on the 17 June 2005 and not 16 June 2005.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Disposal of Danby Registrars Limited | Announced - 20 January 2005
El Oro & Exploration Company p.l.c. ("El Oro") advises you that on 20th January 2005 following the disposal of one of its subsidiary companies, Danby Registrars Limited ("Danby"), to a related party pursuant to a scheme of arrangement, C. R. W. Parish, an executive director of El Oro has cancelled 837,662 El Oro Stock units at 385p per Stock unit and Danby has cancelled 154,535 El Oro Stock units. The Stock units in issue in El Oro after these cancellations is 10,848,701.
The current holding by directors and the Parish family are as follows:
| Beneficial holdings |
% |
Beneficial |
| C. R. W. Parish |
7.79 |
844,819 |
| The Hon. Mrs. E. C. Parish |
3.34 |
362,851 |
| Mr. S. B. & Mrs. S. W. Kumaramangalam |
9.76 |
1,059,332 |
| Mr. G. & Mrs C. W. Zegos |
6.54 |
709,223 |
| E. W. Houston |
10.24 |
1,110,383 |
| D. R. L. Hunting |
0.00 |
248 |
| R. E. Wade |
0.51 |
55,712 |
| J. A. Wild |
0.18 |
20,000 |
| Non-beneficial holdings |
% |
Non-Beneficial |
| C. R. W. Parish |
*See note below |
1,529,128 |
| Mr. S. B. & Mrs. S. W. Kumaramangalam |
4.92 |
553,547 |
| Mr. G. & Mrs C. W. Zegos |
4.39 |
476,547 |
| E. W. Houston |
*See note below |
519,033 |
*As a result of C. R. W. Parish, Mr. & Mrs. Kumaramangalam, Mr. & Mrs. Fraser, J. M. Finn Nominees Limited and Mr. & Mrs. Zegos being trustees of several family trusts, their non-beneficial interests in the stock units of El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. contain a degree of duplication.
Resulting from the above cancellation of Stock units of 5p each, the authorized capital of El Oro reduces by 992,197 to 10,950,730.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Change in Date of AGM | Announced - 6 May 2005
Further to the announcement that was made on 22 April 2005 regarding the Preliminary Results I wish to advise of three date changes contained therin. The AGM will take place on 14 June 2005 and not 16 June 2005, the accounts are expected to be dispatched to stockholders on 21 June 2005 and not 23 June 2005 and the first and final dividend will be paid to members registered in the books of the Company at the close of business on the 17 June 2005 and not 16 June 2005.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 6 May 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 6th May 2005 by Robert E. Wade, a non-executive director of the company that he purchased 1,000 ordinary 5p stock units in the company that day. The price he paid was £4.95 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 56,712.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 16 May 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 16th May 2005 by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the company that he purchased 7,000 ordinary 5p stock units in the company that day. The price he paid was £4.825 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 851,819. The stock units were purchased for his pension fund.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Reporting Day Extension for Half Year Figures from 90 days to 120 days | Announced - 15 June 2005
We wish to announce that an application has been made today to the FSA for the 90 day reporting deadline for our interim statement for the six months to 30 June 2005 to be extended to 120 days.
This is due to the extra work required in converting our financial statements from being in accordance with UK GAAP to IFRS.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Interim Results 30 June 2005 | Announced - 9 September 2005
El Oro Ltd announces its interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2005.
Extracts from the preliminary interim are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 13 September 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 14 September 2005 by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the Company that on 13 September 2005 the Company purchased and cancelled 10,000 stock units at a cost of 493p per stock unit. Stock units remaining in issue are 10,838,701.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 14 September 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 15 September 2005 by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the Company of purchases that he and other members of his family, family trusts and a non-executive director made in the Company on 14 September 2005 in stock units at 493p each. The details of these purchases in the Company are shown in the following table.
| |
Stock units purchased |
Stock units held after purchase |
| C.R.W. Parish |
|
|
| In his own name |
600 |
|
| In the name of C.R.W. & L.J. Parish Trust A/C A.J.W. Parish |
600 |
|
| |
1,200 |
853,178 |
| E.W. Houston |
|
|
| In her own name |
1,000 |
1,111,383 |
| S.B. Kumaramangalam |
|
|
| In her own name |
|
|
| E.W. Houston |
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Settlement for Houston children |
820 |
519,853 |
| S.B. Kumaramangalam |
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Settlement for Zoe Kumarangalam |
6,000 |
539,547 |
| Mr G. and Mrs C.W. Zegos |
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E.C. Parish Settlement for Zegos children |
2,000 |
478,547 |
| R.E. Wade |
|
|
| In his own name |
1,000 |
57,712 |
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 22 September 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 22nd September 2005 by C. R. W. Parish, an executive director of the Company of purchases that he and other members of his family made in the Company that day. The price paid was 512p per stock unit. The details of these purchases in the Company are shown in the following table.
| |
Stock units purchased |
Stock units held after purchase |
| C.R.W. Parish |
|
|
| In his PEP Account |
150 |
|
| L.J. Parish in her ISA Account |
560 |
|
| |
710 |
853,888 |
| E.W. Houston |
|
|
| In her PEP Account |
252 |
1,111,637 |
| S.B. Kumaramangalam |
|
|
| In her PEP Account |
450 |
1,061,382 |
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 19 October 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 19 October 2005 by C. R. W. Parish, an executive director of the company that he purchased a total of 5000 ordinary 5p stock units in the company on 17 October 2005 (4200 of the stock units purchased were for his pension fund and 800 for his son A.J.W. Parish). The price he paid was £5.25 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 858,888.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 28 October 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 28th October 2005 by C. R. W. Parish, an executive director of the Company of purchases that he and other members of his family made in the Company on 26th October 2005. The price paid was 520p per stock unit. The details of these purchases in the Company are shown in the following table.
| |
Stock units purchased |
Stock units held after purchase |
| C.R.W. Parish |
|
|
| C. R. W. Parish - in his Pension Fund |
5,000 |
|
| C. R. W. Parish - in his PEP Account |
900 |
|
| L.J. Parish in her ISA Account |
200 |
|
| |
6,100 |
864,988 |
| The Hon. E.C. Parish |
|
|
| In her ISA account |
1,350 |
|
| In her PEP Account |
970
|
|
| |
2,320 |
365,171 |
| E.W. Houston |
|
|
| In her PEP Account |
600 |
1,112,237 |
| S.B. Kumaramangalam |
|
|
| In her PEP Account |
50 |
1,112,237 |
| In her ISA Account |
930 |
1,112,237 |
| |
980 |
1,062,362 |
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 3 November 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 3rd November 2005 by C. R. W. Parish, an executive director of the Company of purchases made on behalf of members of his family in the company on the same day. The price paid was 505p per stock unit. The details of these purchases in the Company are shown in the following table.
| |
Stock units purchased |
Stock units held after purchase |
| C.R.W. Parish & L. J. Parish |
|
|
| for A. G. W. Parish |
500 |
|
| for A. G. W. Parish |
500 |
|
| for A. G. W. Parish |
500 |
|
| |
1,500 |
864,488 |
| Mr G. & Mrs C. W. Zegos |
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E. C. Parish for Zegos children |
2,000
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E. C. Parish for Constantinos Zegos |
1,000 |
|
| |
3,000 |
481,547
|
| S.B. Kumaramangalam |
|
|
| In the name of Mrs E. C. Parish for Zoe Kumaramangalam |
2,000 |
541,547
|
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 3 November 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 3rd November 2005 by C. R. W. Parish, an executive director of the Company of a purchase made on behalf of his sister, S. W. Kumaramangalam in the company on 1st November 2005. Additional purchases were made on the same day by other directors J. A. Wild, D. R. L. Hunting and R. E. Wade. The price paid was 505p per stock unit. The details of these purchases in the Company are shown in the following table.
| |
Stock units purchased |
Stock units held after purchase |
| S.B. Kumaramangalam - in her own name |
1,000
|
1,063,562 |
| J. A. Wild |
2,500 |
22,500 |
| R. E. Wade |
1,000 |
58,712 |
| D. R. L. Hunting |
1,000 |
1,248 |
| Shares purchase of cancellation by El Oro and Mining Company p.l.c. |
3,000 |
- |
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 24 November 2005
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 24th November 2005 by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the company that he purchased 188 ordinary 5p stock units in the company on 23rd November 2005 for his son E.C.W. Parish. The price he paid was £5.40 per stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 866,676.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 3 January 2006
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 3 January 2006 by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the company that he purchased 3 ordinary 5p stock units in the company on 30 December 2005. The price he paid was £6.09 per
stock unit. His total holding in the company, following the notification of this purchase is 866,679.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Interim Results (12 months) 31 December 2005 | Announced - 28 April 2006
El Oro Ltd announces its interim results for the 12 months ending 31 December 2005.
Extracts from the preliminary interim are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Change of Ex-Dividend Date | Announced - 2 May 2006
Further
to the announcement that the Company made on Friday 28 April at
12.20, I wish to advise a change of the record date (ex dividend
date) of the interim dividend from 20 September 2006 to 22 September
2006.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
EGM for Change to AIM | Announced - 9 June 2006
Not
for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part in,
into, or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan
Proposed
Cancellation of Listing on the Official List and Admission to
trading on AIM and Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting Introduction
In the Chairman's statement published on 28 April 2006 within
the second interim results, stockholders were informed that the
Board was, inter alia, reviewing the Company’s listing on
the Official List of the UK Listing Authority. In the light of
recent legislation and the regulatory burden facing listed companies,
your Board has decided that the future of your company would be
enhanced by transferring to the Alternative Investment Market.
This market, operated and regulated by the London Stock Exchange
plc, has an established reputation with investors and analysts.
We believe your company will be better served being admitted to
trading alongside others of a similar stature and sharing characteristics
in common than continuing beside the behemoths of the quoted arena.
Accordingly,
the Company intends to apply formally to the UKLA to cancel the
listing of its Stock Units on the Official List, and in accordance
with the Listing Rules, an Extraordinary General Meeting is being
convened at which a resolution will be proposed to cancel the
listing of the Company’s Stock Units on the Official List
and to authorise the Directors to apply for the Company’s
issued Stock Units to be admitted to trading on AIM.
A circular is today being sent to stockholders to provide them
with details of the business to be conducted at the Extraordinary
General Meeting of the Company to be held at 41 Cheval Place,
London SW7 1EW at 11.15 a.m. on 28 June 2006 and to explain why
the Directors believe that the Proposals are in the best interests
of the Company and its Stockholders as a whole.
The
Company has appointed Grant Thornton Corporate Finance to act
as its nominated adviser in relation to the Company’s proposed
admission to AIM.
At the EGM, Stockholders will be asked to approve the Cancellation
in light of the proposed transfer of trading of the Stock Units
to AIM. In accordance with the Listing Rules, the Resolution
must be carried by a majority of not less than 75 per cent. of
the holders of the Stock Units (being entitled to do so) who vote
in person or by proxy. Stockholders’ approval is not required
for Admission. Accordingly, the Resolution will be proposed as
an extraordinary resolution.
Also, in accordance with the Listing Rules, cancellation of the
Listing will (if the Resolution is passed at the EGM) take effect
not less than 20 business days after the date of the EGM and it
is expected that such Cancellation and Admission will occur on
or around 27 July 2006.
Background to and reasons for the Proposals
The Board has felt for some time that the cost of administering
the compliance burden that applies to listed companies is considerable
and disproportionate to the size of the Company.
The
obligations of an AIM company are similar to those of a company
on the Official List with certain exceptions, of which the significant
ones are referred to below:
- For AIM companies, prior shareholder approval is only required
for reverse-takeovers and disposals that result in a fundamental
change of business. Under the Listing Rules, a broader range
of transactions requires shareholder approval.
- There is no requirement under the AIM Rules for listing particulars
or admission documents for further issues of securities although
there may be other legal reasons for a prospectus to be required.
- Under the AIM Rules, a Nominated Adviser is required at all
times which has ongoing responsibilities to the London Stock
Exchange. In addition, a broker is required at all times.
- The Combined Code does not apply directly to AIM companies although
it is still considered good practice to comply with the provisions
in so far as they are relevant to the size and type of the AIM
company.
Further, the Directors
believe that AIM provides a more flexible environment and a proven
successful alternative in which the Company will better be able
to:
- Achieve its business and strategic objectives;
- Reduce the formalities associated with maintaining a listing
on a regulated market, whilst continuing to provide a platform
for trading in its Stock Units; and
- Reduce costs and formalities associated with future potential
transactions and other actions by the Company.
Liquidity
on AIM is currently provided by market makers who are member firms
of the London Stock Exchange and are obliged to quote a price
in shares between 8.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on business days.
As
part of the AIM admission process, the Company will publish before
the EGM, on its website, special purpose audited consolidated
accounts prepared in accordance with IFRS in respect of the period
to 31 December 2005. Following Admission, the Company will continue
to prepare its consolidated accounts in accordance with IFRS.
The Company and the other members of its group will also, going
forward, prepare statutory individual company accounts under UK
GAAP, which, as the Company will no longer be listed on the main
market of the London Stock Exchange, do not need to be prepared
in accordance with FRS 26.
Expected Timetable of Key Events
| |
All
references to time in this document are to UK time. |
|
| |
Latest
time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy for the Extraordinary
General Meeting |
11.15
a.m. on 26 June 2006 |
| |
Extraordinary
General Meeting |
11.15
a.m. on 28 June 2006 |
| |
De-listing
of the Stock Units from the Official List (assuming the Resolution
is passed) |
8.00
a.m. on 27 July 2006 |
| |
Anticipated
admission to trading on AIM |
8.00 a.m. on
27 July 2006 |
Enquires:
Robin Woodbine Parish
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 0207 581 2782
Philip
Secrett
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 0207 383 5100
Definitions
Words and expressions used in this announcement shall, unless
the context otherwise requires, bear the same meanings as the
definitions in the circular to stockholders dated 9 June 2006.
Non-Statutory Accounts December 2005 | Announced - 26 June 2006
El Oro Ltd announces its non-statutory accounts for December 2005.
Extracts from the accounts are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Results of Extraordinary General Meeting | Announced - 28 June 2006
At
the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held today at
41 Cheval Place, London SW7 1EW at 11.15 a.m. the resolution to
approve the Proposed Cancellation of Listing on the Official List
and Admission to trading on AIM was approved. In accordance with
the Listing Rules, the Resolution was carried by a majority of
not less than 75 per cent. of the holders of the Stock Units (being
entitled to do so) who vote in person or by proxy at the meeting.
Enquires:
C Robin Woodbine Parrish: Chairman
El Oro and Exploration p.l.c.
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Graeme
Thom: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 0870 991 2790
Move to AIM | Announced - 25 July 2006
The
Directors of the Company are pleased to announce that, following
the approval by stockholders to cancel the Listing on the Official
List, application has been made for the whole of the Company's
issued share capital of 10,835,701 Stock Units of 5p each, fully
paid to be admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated by
the London Stock Exchange.
Dealings will commence on Thursday 27 July 2006. Both the Code
("ELX") and the ISIN number ("GB0003265021")
will remain unchanged.
At the same time the Company's Official Listing will be cancelled.
Enquires:
C Robin Woodbine Parrish: Chairman
El Oro and Exploration p.l.c.
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Graeme
Thom: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 0870 991 2790
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 1 August 2006
El
Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 31 July 2006
by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the company that he
purchased 7,000 ordinary 5p stock units in the company that day.
The price he paid was £5.45 per stock unit. His total holding
in the company, following the notification of this purchase is
873,679. The stock units were purchased for his pension fund.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 1 August 2006
Further
to the announcement made earlier today (morning of the 01 August
2006), El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 31
July 2006 by C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the company
that he purchased 23,000 ordinary 5p stock units in the company
that day. The price he paid was £5.45 per stock unit. His
total holding in the company, following the notification of this
purchase is 896,679. The stock units were purchased for his pension
fund.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 2 August 2006
Further
to the announcement made at 3.47pm yesterday, the 23,000 ordinary
5p stock units that C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of El
Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. purchased in that company,
were for his own account and not for his pension fund.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 4 August 2006
El
Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c was informed on 03 August 2006
by Robert E Wade, a non-executive director of the company that
he purchased 4,000 ordinary 5p stock units in the company on that
day. The price he paid was £5.50 per stock unit. His total
holding in the company following the notification of his purchase
is 62,712.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 4 August 2006
El
Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c was informed on 03 August 2006
by J. Anthony Wild, a non-executive director of the company that
he purchased 2,500 ordinary 5p stock units in the company on that
day. The price he paid was £5.50 per stock unit. His total
holding in the company following the notification of his purchase
is 25,000.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 4 August 2006
Further
to the announcement made at 11:36am on 02 August 2006, 1000 of
the 23,000 stock units that C.R.W. Parish bought were not for
his own account but were made on behalf of members of his family.
The details are shown in the following table.
| C.R.W.
Parish & L.J. Parish |
|
| |
For
A.G.W. Parish |
200 |
| |
For
E.C.W. Parish |
75 |
| |
In
the name of Mrs E.C. Parish for A.J.W. Parish |
275 |
| |
In
the name of Mrs E.C. Parish for N.E.W. Parish |
150 |
| |
In
the name of Mrs E.C. Parish for A.G.W. Parish |
75 |
| |
|
|
| Mr
G. & Mrs. C.W. Zegos |
|
| |
In
the name of Mrs E.C. Parish for Constantinos Zegos |
225 |
| |
|
In
addition El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed by
C.R.W. Parish on the 03 August 2006 that a purchase was made of
5,740 stock units in the name of Mrs E.C. Parish for Zoe Kumaramangalam.
The price paid was 505p per stock unit.
C.R.W.
Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 4 August 2006
Further
to our announcement earlier today regarding the purchase of 5,740
stock units in the company, in the name of Mrs E.C. Parish for
Zoe Kumaramangalam, the price paid was 550p and not 505p per stock
unit.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 22 August 2006
El
Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. (the "Company") was
informed on 18 August 2006 by The Hon. Mrs. E. C. Parish, an executive
director of the Company of the transfer of 33,708 stock units on
18 August 2006 to her grandchildren and trusts for her grandchildren
none of whom are directors of the Company.
The
price at the time of transfer was 545.5p per stock unit.
As
a result of the transfer The Hon. Mrs. E. C. Parish's holding
is now 331,463 stock units and now represents 3.06% of the Company’s
issued stock units.
As
a result of the transfer C. R. W. Parish's non-beneficial holding
now represents approximately 14.34% of the Company's issued stock
units.
As
a result of the transfer Mrs. C. W. Zegos's non-beneficial holding
now represents approximately 4.90% of the Company's issued stock
units.
As
a result of the transfer Mrs. E. W. Houston's non-beneficial holding
now represents approximately 6.58% of the Company's issued stock
units.
The
above non-beneficial holdings are held through interests as trustees
of several family trusts in the stock units of the Company and
may result in a degree of duplication.
C.R.W. Parish - Chairman and Managing Director
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 11 Septmeber 2006
El
Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. (the "Company") was
informed of the following purchases of stock units by Directors
of the Company on 7 September 2006 as follows:
Mr.
C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the Company, purchased
2,500 ordinary 5p stock units in the Company. The price paid was
£5.25 per stock unit.500
of the 2,500 stock units that Mr. C.R.W. Parish purchased were
made on behalf of his son, Mr. A.G.W. Parish, who is a minor.
Mr.
C.R.W. Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following
the notification of this purchase is 899,179 representing 8.34%
of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,558,684
stock units, representing 14.45% of the Company.
Mr.
R.E. Wade, a non-executive director of the Company purchased 1,000
ordinary 5p stock units in the Company. The price paid was £5.25
per stock unit.Mr.
R.E. Wade has a total holding in the Company, all of which he
beneficially owns, following the notification of this purchase
is 59,712 representing 0.55% of the Company.Mrs.
E.W. Houston, a non-executive director of the Company purchased
7,000 ordinary 5p stock units in the Company. The price paid was
£5.25 per stock unit.1,250
of the 7,000 stock units that Mrs E.W. Houston purchased were
made on behalf of Mr. C. Houston, her husband.4,500
ordinary 5p stock units in the Company were purchased for the
childrens’ trusts of Mrs. E.W. Houston’s children.
The price paid was £5.25 per stock unit.
Mrs.
E.W. Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following
the notification of this purchase is 1,114,737 representing 10.34%
of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 535,589
stock units, representing 4.97% of the Company.
Cancellation of Shares
Also,
on 7 September 2006, the Company purchased for cancellation 51,500
stock units. The price paid was £5.25 per stock unit. Following
the cancellation of these stock units there are now 10,784,201
stock units in issue.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Notice of final results | Announced - 12 Septmeber 2006
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. (the "Company") will announce its final results for the eighteen month period ending 30 June 2006 in late October 2006.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Preliminary Statement - 30 June 2006 | Announced - 1 November 2006
El Oro Ltd announces its preliminary results for the six months ending 30 June 2006.
Extracts from the preliminary results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 8 November 2006
El
Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. ("El
Oro" or the "Company") was informed on 7 November
2006 of the following purchases of stock units by directors of
the Company on 6 November 2006 as follows:
Mr.
C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the Company, purchased
6,800 ordinary 5p stock units in the Company at £6.50 per
stock unit and 1,265 ordinary 5p stock units in the Company at
£6.55 per stock unit. 6000 of the 8,065 stock units that
Mr. C.R.W. Parish purchased were for his pension fund.
1,125
of the 8,065 stock units that Mr. C.R.W. Parish purchased were
made on behalf of his children who are all minors.
940
of the 8,065 stock units that Mr. C.R.W. Parish purchased were
made on behalf of his children for trust accounts in the name
of Mrs. E.C. Parish.
Mr.
C.R.W. Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following
the notification of this purchase of 907,244 representing 8.41%
of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,561,664
stock units, representing 14.48% of the Company.
Mrs.
E.W. Houston, a non-executive director of the Company purchased
2,500 ordinary 5p stock units in the Company. The price paid was
£6.50 per stock unit.
2,500
ordinary 5p stock units were purchased for Mrs. E. W. Houston’s
children trust accounts in the name of Mrs. E.C. Parish. The price
paid was £6.55.
Mrs.
E.W. Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following
the notification of this purchase is 1,117,237 representing 10.36%
of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 538,089
stock units, representing 4.99% of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
AGM Resolution Results | Announced - 12 December 2006
The Company announces that all resolutions were duly passed at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today.
Change of Company Secretary:
At the AGM of the Company, Steven McKeane was appointed company secretary/financial controller. The Chairman thanked Chris Burman for his contributions to the Company during the past five years
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Total Voting Rights | Announced - 21 December 2006
In conformity with the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. ("El Oro" or the "Company") notifies the market of the following:
As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 10,784,201 ordinary stock units ('Ordinary Stock Units'), with voting rights. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Stock Units in Treasury.
Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Stock Units with voting rights is 10,784,201.
The above figure of 10,784,201 Ordinary Stock Units may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Interim Results - 31 December 2006 | Announced - 30 March 2007
El Oro Ltd announces its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2006.
Extracts from the interim results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 5 April 2007
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 3 April 2007 of the following purchases of stock units by directors of the Company on 3 April 2007 as follows:
The Hon. Mrs. E.C. Parish, an executive director of the Company, purchased 4,233 ordinary 5p stock units in the Company at £6.50 per stock unit. This purchase comprises:
- 550 stock units purchased on behalf of the account of her grandchild who is not a minor and that Mr. C.R.W. Parish is a trustee
- 1,000 stock units purchased on behalf of the account of her grandchild who is minor and that Mr. C.R.W. Parish is a trustee; and
- 2,683 stock units purchased on behalf of accounts of her grandchildren who are all minors and that Mr. C.R.W. Parish and Mrs. E.W. Houston are trustees.
Mr. C.R.W. Parish, an executive director of the Company, purchased 450 ordinary 5p stock units in the Company at £6.50 per stock unit. The 450 stock units that Mr. C.R.W. Parish purchased were made on behalf of his child who is a minor.
Mrs. E.W. Houston, a non-executive director of the Company sold 15,000 ordinary 5p stock units in the Company at £6.50 per stock unit. This sale comprises:
- 5,385 of the stock units were sold to Mr C Houston, the husband of Mrs. E.W. Houston;
- 6,932 of the stock units were sold to trusts of her children who are all minors and that Mr. C.R.W. Parish and Mrs. E.W. Houston are trustees; and
- 2,683 of the stock units were sold to the Hon. Mrs. E.C. Parish on behalf of trusts of her grandchildren who are all minors, as indicated above.
Following these dealings:
Mr. C.R.W. Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of this purchase, of 907,244 stock units representing 8.4% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,579,048 stock units, representing 14.6% of the Company. This represents an interest of 23.0% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mrs. E.W. Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of this sale, of 1,102,237 representing 10.2% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 553,089 stock units, representing 5.1% of the Company. This represents an interest of 15.3% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 18 May 2007
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c. was informed on 17 May 2007 of the following purchase of 1,000 stock units at 680.0 pence per share by Robert E. Wade, a non-executive director of the Company on 17 May 2007. Following the notification of this purchase Mr Wade holds 64,712 stock units, representing 0.6% of the Company, which represents an interest of 0.6% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Final Results - 30 June 2007 | Announced - 9 November 2007
El Oro Ltd announces its final results for the year ended 30 June 2007.
Extracts from the final results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 22 November 2007
El Oro and Exploration Company plc was informed on 20 November 2007 of the following purchases of stock units by directors of the Company on 20 November 2007 as follows:
The Hon. Mrs EC Parish, an executive director of the Company, purchased 945 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £7.05 per stock unit. This purchase comprises:
- 465 stock units purchased on behalf of the account of her grandchild who is a minor and that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee;
- 135 stock units purchased on behalf of the account of her grandchild who is a minor and that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee;
- 200 stock units purchased on behalf of the account of her grandchild who is a minor and that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee; and
- 145 stock units purchased on behalf of the account of her grandchild who is a minors and that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company, purchased 555 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £7.05 per stock unit. This purchase comprises:
- 555 stock units purchased on behalf of family trusts that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee of.
Following these dealings:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of this purchase, of 909,995 stock units representing 8.44% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,583,954 stock units, representing 14.70% of the Company. This represents an interest of 23.14% in the total voting rights of the Company.
The Hon. Mrs EC Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of this purchase, of 332,408 stock units representing 3.08% of the Company. This represents an interest of 3.08% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 23 November 2007
El Oro and Exploration Company plc was informed on 22 November 2007 of the following purchases of stock units by Directors of the Company on 20 November 2007 as follows:
The Hon. Mrs EC Parish, an executive director of the Company, purchased 4,326 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £6.65 per stock unit. This purchase comprises:
- 1,442 stock units purchased on behalf of the account of her grandchildren who are not minors and that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee; and
- 2,884 stock units purchased on behalf of the account of her grandchild who is a minor and that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company, purchased 674 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £6.65 per stock unit. The purchase of 674 stock units that Mr CRW Parish were made on behalf of himself
Following these dealings:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of this purchase, of 910,669 stock units representing 8.45% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,583,954 stock units, representing 14.70% of the Company. This represents an interest of 23.15% in the total voting rights of the Company.
The Hon. Mrs EC Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of this purchase, of 336,734 stock units representing 3.12% of the Company. This represents an interest of 3.12% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Directors PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 27 November 2007
El Oro and Exploration Company plc was informed on 23 November 2007 of the following purchase of 1,000 stock units at 665.0 pence per share by Robert E Wade, a non-executive Director of the Company on 23 November 2007. Following the notification of this purchase Mr Wade holds 65,712 stock units, representing 0.61% of the Company, which represents an interest of 0.61% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
AGM Resolution Results | Announced - 12 December 2007
El Oro and Exploration Company plc (the "Company") announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, all of the resolutions were duly passed.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Chairman's Statement | Announced - 31 December 2007
The Group profit before tax for the six months to 31 December 2007 was £4,810,071 (six months to 31 December 2006: £3,049,025). Group net assets at 31 December 2007 under IFRS, taking all assets at fair value were £81,588,816 equal to 757p per stock unit, (31 December 2006: £77,167,354 equal to 712p per stock unit).
‘When them as wallers in sin thinks they’s getting by with it, she said, that’s when He strikes em in His holy wrath. He jest bides His time’. "Cormac McCarthy - The Orchard Keeper”.
The results for the half-year have since been overshadowed, by continuing turmoil in the financial markets; the collapse of funds such as Peloton, Focus and Carlyle Capital amongst others, and more significantly the rescue of Bear Stearns, underline the gravity of storms swirling through Western economies. An analysis of the indebtedness of some Baltic and East European nations, along with Iceland and Turkey, can only exacerbate this sense of foreboding.
Sadly, by no means is this the story of events unforetold: the consistent condemnation of derivatives from the hallowed halls of Omaha and Pasadena, warnings from the Governor of the Bank of England and the unremitting Cassandra-like criticism of the US credit boom by the late Dr. Richebacher amongst others, were all happily ignored in the Gadarene rush to amass ever more Gargantuan empires based, as it now appears, on foundations of sand.
The monstrous maelstrom mowing down the mighty and the minnows has made the proud and powerful into mendicant monks seeking salvage from the Federal Reserve or the Bank of England; meanwhile their erstwhile leaders set off into the sun clutching their Brobdingnagian booty, regardless of seeming success or apparent failure.
We have not been immune to declines in the price of property assets as the market anticipates a falling residential and commercial property market. With a wearyingly familiar sense of inevitability, where market conditions of themselves are challenging, Government action has or will exacerbate the situation: in the case of property by imposing rates on vacant property, along with the ridiculous HIPS on residential property; in the case of our Brewery Estate investments, by the malicious assault on smoking within the confines of the pubs, followed hard on its heels by the determination to banish the sale of cigarette vending machines; the decline in profits is beginning to become apparent, albeit in the dim light of dawn. This attack on the pub sector has been compounded by raising the tax on alcohol over and above inflation. Historically, well managed and monitored pubs have presented a secure and agreeable venue for moderate drinking and convivial encounter; wholly at variance with the effects of the Government’s 24-hour drinking and changes to the licensing laws; to which a Parliamentary committee has attributed the spread of lager louts in city centres, and other unattractive phenomena.
As if this madness was not enough, the eponymous Harman now proposes to ban repartee and terms of endearment from bars and stores, to give those litigious members of society another chance to sue for supposed or imagined slights. What a desperate state of affairs, to see our vocabulary monitored by the legal profession, under the guise of preventing ‘sex discrimination’ and our hostelries emasculated and age-old beverages consigned to history by ministers and civil-servants in their plush glass palaces drinking Lattes and Frappes, whilst imposing ever-more onerous taxes and restrictions on the traditional tipples and tittle-tattle of the British people.
This urge to interfere and ‘act’, rather than ‘sitting pretty, doing nothing’ is only too apparent, now that the Government has seen the light and embraced the birth of a new Nuclear Age: sadly, it sold Westinghouse, the leader in that field, to Toshiba, in the same futile fashion it flicked away Qinetiq to Carlyle, and our historic Gold reserves: all first-class National assets.
The British Government has paid obscene obeisance to the European Union, ignoring every promise and poll to align us with that unholy herd, and now assaults the Old Commonwealth and its rights of entry, despite the longevious and formidable ties of blood, trade, tradition and civilisation shared over so many years, with its huge contribution to trade and economy for all parties. Such a perverse policy reaches its nadir in the refusal of residence rights to the Gurkha soldiers who have fought so valiantly to defend us; whilst Post Offices and Village Schools fall to the same Statist or Stalinist philosophy; hill farms and the landscape are discarded, and non-doms are sacrificed for a mess of pottage; playing-fields, including those of Jersey, are pillaged, and even mince-meat, a staple of the beef industry, is confronted with a mad new EU directive; it is remarkable indeed, given the vast reduction in public swimming pools, despite an obligation for their provision, and almost complete destruction of diving-boards, that England can suddenly discover a European Diving Champion.
The attack on ‘Risk’ is now a central plank of national 'elf and safety policy, producing generations less and less able to cope with the every day and more substantial crises of life. It also engenders a vast infrastructure which, as the FSA has proved, is horrendously expensive and ultimately incapable of dealing with situations once resolved discreetly, or managed with a raised eyebrow in the confines of the old establishment, but mostly driven by common sense and discernment.
The necessity and obligation facing our economy to cut both taxes and spending significantly has been denied by all parties, particularly the Conservatives in their Cyclops-post-Odysseus blindness driven by the inchoate urging of their spineless strategists. The symbolism of Banana Republic’s arrival in Britain is perhaps apposite.
The deflation of domestic residences whose rise had created the credit boom both in Britain and the United States is now making its sombre black marks in the history books: quite possibly further wreckage may yet descend from the ether as the deflated balloon subsides across the Western world and beyond. This has profound and negative consequences for consumer spending which is no longer underpinned by an annual increase in the value of an underlying asset. For the first time since 1945 the share of equity held by the individual in homes in the United States has fallen below 50%.
Proverbs 11 v 13 state; ‘Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver and the gain thereof than fine gold.’
Wisdom and vision have been sadly lacking amongst our political and business leaders and the day of Reckoning is upon them. Given this absence, our vision is for the continued accumulation of the alternative, both Silver and Gold and the shares thereof. We congratulate Colin Loosemore of Archipelago who has received one of the required permits to develop the exciting mine at Toka Tindung. We have visited other promising projects in Chile and Argentina whilst remaining wary of political interference in various parts of the world. The inability of South Africa to provide adequate power for its burgeoning population and industry has enhanced metal prices for both Gold and Platinum. We are also increasing our exposure to the production of food, fertilizer and agricultural products and are heartened by the continued rise in MP Evans, an outstanding performer in the portfolio.
In conclusion the outlook for retail and housing remains distinctly gloomy, whilst the continuing rise in inter-bank rates bodes ill for the entire financial sector. We would be surprised albeit happy at any pick up in property prices.
We are however well placed in our traditional areas of strength particularly Basic Resources, Energy and Precious Metals. We would expect the latter especially to thrive in the current climate, and will attempt to restrain our excitement.
My thanks are due to my peripatetic Directors, our numerous advisers around the world, and the increasingly formidable team in Cheval Place led by Steve McKeane, Abbie playing in Midfield, and Vicky solid in defence: the Rooney, Ronaldo, Vidic triumvirate. Onwards to Victory.
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
Interim Dividend to 24 September 2008 | Announced - 24 September 2008
On 23 September 2008, the Directors of El Oro and Exploration Company plc declared a first and only interim dividend of 14.0 pence per stock unit for the year-ended 30 June 2008.
This cash dividend is payable on 24 October 2008 to stockholders on the Register, at close of business on 3 October 2008.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane, Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Interim Results - 31 December 2007 | Announced - 31 March 2008
El Oro Ltd announces its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2007.
Extracts from the interim results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Directors Shareholding | Announced - 9 April 2008
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in stock units by Directors of the Company as follows:
The Hon. Mrs EC Parish, a non-executive Director of the Company, sold 1,750 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £6.30 per stock unit. This sale comprises 1,750 stock units sold on behalf of an account of her grandchildren who are minors and that Mr. CRW Parish and Mrs. EW Houston are trustees.
Mrs. EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the Company, purchased 1,750 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £6.32 per stock unit. Mrs. EW Houston purchased the 1,750 stock units on her own behalf.
Mrs. EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the Company, sold 12,964 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £5.90 per stock unit. Mrs. EW Houston sold the 12,964 stock units on her own behalf.
Mrs. EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the Company, purchased 12,964 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £5.90 per stock unit. This purchase comprises 12,964 stock units purchased on behalf of an account of her children, three of whom are minors, that Mrs. EW Houston and Mr CRW Parish are trustees of.
Mr. Robert E. Wade, a non-executive Director of the Company, purchased 2,000 stock units at £5.96 per stock unit in the Company.
Mr. CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company, sold 10,000 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £5.70 per stock unit. This sale comprises 10,000 stock units sold on his own account.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company, purchased 10,000 ordinary 5 pence stock units in the Company at £5.703 per stock unit. This purchase comprises 10,000 stock units purchased on behalf of a family trust that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee of.
In addition, the holdings for The Hon. Mrs. EC Parish and Mr CRW Parish have been adjusted to reflect the reallocation of underlying trust accounts. As a result of this, 5,271 stock units have been reallocated from The Hon. Mrs. EC Parish's beneficial holding to Mr CRW Parish's beneficial and non-beneficial holdings in the Company.
Following these dealings:
The Hon. Mrs. EC Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of this sale, of 331,463 stock units representing 3.08% of the Company. This represents an interest of 3.08% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mrs. EW Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,091,023 representing 10.12% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 564,303 stock units, representing 5.24% of the Company. This represents an interest of 15.36% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 911,614 stock units representing 8.46% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,599,493 stock units, representing 14.84% of the Company. This represents an interest of 23.30% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mr. RE Wade holds 67,712 stock units, representing 0.63% of the Company. This represents an interest of 0.63% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro and Exploration Company plc
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Philip Secrett: Nominated Adviser
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Final Results – 30 June 2008 | Announced - 24 October 2008
El Oro Ltd announces its final results for the year ended 30 June 2008.
Extracts from the final results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Announcement of Intended Restructuring | Announced - 22 January 2009
The Directors of El Oro are pleased to announce proposals relating to a change in the corporate structure, strategy and organisation of the El Oro Group. These include creating a new Guernsey incorporated holding company in respect of which application will be made for its shares to be listed on the Official List of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.
The Proposals will be effected by putting in place New El Oro as the new holding company for the El Oro Group by way of a scheme of arrangement under section 899 of the Companies Act, which requires the approval of the Scheme Stockholders and the sanction of the Court.
The Board believes El Oro's options in its current form are limited if it continues to be based only in the UK with its Stock Units admitted to trading on AIM. In essence, the Directors believe that El Oro's commercial objective is to be a collective investment vehicle. However, it is unable to enjoy the benefits normally associated with these vehicles while based solely in the UK.
In order to be competitive with other collective investment funds, the Board believes it is necessary to restructure the El Oro Group so as to allow New El Oro to be subject to a tax regime which makes it more comparable to vehicles such as unit trusts and investment trusts.
The move to the CISX will also make the New El Oro Shares eligible to be held in ISAs, which will be attractive to investors. The Directors believe that the CISX is well-regarded as a listing authority for investment funds and imposes administrative obligations which are appropriate for a company such as New El Oro.
In line with similar collective investment vehicles, following implementation of the Proposals, New El Oro intends putting in place the necessary arrangements to enable it to announce consolidated net asset value figures on a quarterly basis. This is expected to occur with effect from July 2009.
It is intended that the portfolio currently held by El Oro will be segmented into two discrete portfolios which will be managed along distinctly different lines and investment styles. It is currently proposed that:
- i) the portfolio continuing to be vested in El Oro (and so in the UK) will be predominantly an income portfolio, focussing on stocks in relatively mature sectors (e.g. some, but not all, brewing, utility and mining stocks) which are typically characterised by high yields; and
- ii) the remainder of the portfolio will comprise the stocks selected in pursuit of a blended value / growth investment style which seeks to identify companies which have good growth prospects which have not yet been fully recognised and priced into the market. These stocks will, insofar as possible, be transferred by way of dividend in specie to New El Oro.
The Directors, who have been advised by Auden Capital, consider that the Proposals are in the best interests of El Oro and Stockholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors will recommend unanimously that Stockholders vote in favour of the resolutions to be proposed at the Court Meeting and the General Meeting, as they intend to do (or procure) in respect of their beneficial and non-beneficial interests, amounting, in aggregate, to 4,566,856 Stock Units, representing approximately 42.6 per cent. of El Oro's entire issued share capital.
The Proposals will be put to Stockholders at a Court Meeting which is expected to be convened on 26 February 2009. The Scheme also requires the sanction of the Court and the passing of the Special Resolution to be proposed at the General Meeting which is also expected to be convened on 26 February 2009.
Prior to the Scheme becoming effective, application will be made to the CISX for the New El Oro Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the CISX's market for listed securities. It is expected that the New El Oro Shares will be listed on the CISX, and that dealings in them will commence, at 8.00 a.m. on 19 March 2009.
It is expected that the Scheme Circular setting out full details of the Proposals will be posted to Stockholders on or around 2 February 2009.
Posting of Scheme Circular | Announced - 2 February 2009
The Company announces that, further to the announcement made on 22 January 2009, the Scheme Circular was posted to stockholders on 2 February 2009. The Scheme Circular will also be available on the Company's website (www.eloro.co.uk).
For enquiries please contact:
C. Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Mark Katzenellenbogen
Auden Capital LLP (financial adviser to El Oro)
Tel: 020 3008 8832
Philip Secrett
Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Scheme Circular | Announced - 2 February 2009
Extracts from the scheme circular are set out below.
Results of General and Scheme Meeting | Announced - 26 February 2009
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c is pleased to announce that at today's meeting of Scheme Stockholders convened by the Court, the required majority of Scheme Stockholders approved the Scheme without modification. At the subsequent General Meeting, also held today, Stockholders passed the resolution which was proposed, as set out in the notice dated 2 February 2009.
The Scheme is subject to final sanction by the Court and is expected to become effective on 18 March 2009.
An indicative timetable for the remaining steps to implement the Scheme is set out below.
Timetable
Scheme Record Time - 6.00 p.m. on 16 March 2009
Last day of dealings in, and for registration of transfers of, Stock Units, and disablement in CREST of Stock Units - 16 March 2009
Suspension from trading of Stock Units on AIM - 7.00 a.m. on 17 March 2009
Court Hearing (to sanction the Scheme and confirm the Reduction of Capital) - 17 March 2009
Effective Date of the Scheme - 18 March 2009
Cancellation of admission to trading of Stock Units on AIM - 7.00 a.m. on 19 March 2009
Admission and first dealing date of New El Oro Shares - 19 March 2009
CREST accounts credited - 19 March 2009
Latest date for despatch of share certificates in respect of New El Oro Shares - 1 April 2009
Any term used but not defined in this announcement is as defined in the scheme document sent to the Company’s stockholders on 2 February 2009. All dates and times are London times. Any changes to the above timetable will be announced and made available on the Company's website (www.eloro.co.uk).
For enquiries please contact:
C. Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Mark Katzenellenbogen
Auden Capital LLP (financial adviser to the Company)
Tel: 020 3008 8832
Philip Secrett
Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Suspension from Trading on AIM | Announced - 16 March 2009
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c announces that, as set out in the notice dated 2 February 2009, today will be the final day of dealings in the Company's Stock Units on AIM. The Company's Stock Units will be suspended on AIM at 7am on 17 March 2009, prior to the Court hearing to sanction the Scheme.
The Scheme is subject to final sanction by the Court and is expected to become effective on 18 March 2009.
The timetable for the remaining steps to implement the Scheme is set out below.
Timetable
Suspension from trading of Stock Units on AIM - 7.00 a.m. on 17 March 2009
Court Hearing (to sanction the Scheme and confirm the Reduction of Capital) - 17 March 2009
Effective Date of the Scheme - 18 March 2009
Cancellation of admission to trading of Stock Units on AIM - 7.00 a.m. on 19 March 2009
Admission and first dealing date of New El Oro Shares on CISX - 19 March 2009
CREST accounts credited - 19 March 2009
Latest date for despatch of share certificates in respect of New El Oro Shares - 1 April 2009
Any term used but not defined in this announcement is as defined in the scheme document sent to the Company’s stockholders on 2 February 2009. All dates and times are London times. Any changes to the above timetable will be announced and made available on the Company's website (www.eloro.co.uk).
For enquiries please contact:
C. Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Mark Katzenellenbogen
Auden Capital LLP (financial adviser to the Company)
Tel: 020 3008 8832
Philip Secrett
Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)
Tel: 020 7383 5100
Court Sanctions Scheme of Arrangement | Announced - 17 March 2009
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c is pleased to announce that at today's Court Hearing, the Court sanctioned the Scheme and confirmed the Reduction of Capital of the Company.
The Scheme will become effective on the delivery by the Company to the Registrar of Companies of a copy of the Court Order and, in relation to the Reduction of Capital, the registration of such Court Order and the related Minute by the Registrar of Companies. This is expected to take place on 18 March 2009.
The timetable for the remaining steps to implement the Scheme is set out below.
Timetable
Effective Date of the Scheme - 18 March 2009
Cancellation of admission to trading of Stock Units on AIM - 7.00 a.m. on 19 March 2009
Admission and first dealing date of New El Oro Shares on CISX - 19 March 2009
CREST accounts credited - 19 March 2009
Latest date for despatch of share certificates in respect of New El Oro Shares - 1 April 2009
Any term used but not defined in this announcement is as defined in the scheme document sent to the Company’s stockholders on 2 February 2009. All dates and times are London times. Any changes to the above timetable will be announced and made available on the Company's website (www.eloro.co.uk).
For enquiries please contact:
C. Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane: Company Secretary
El Oro and Exploration Company p.l.c.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Mark Katzenellenbogen
Auden Capital LLP (financial adviser to the Company)
Tel: 020 3008 8832
Philip Secrett
Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)
Tel: 020 7383 5100
NAV announcement - 18 March 2009
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, ST Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
Net Asset Value
18 March 2009
Valuation date 18 March 2009
Currency GBP
NAV 3550 pence
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Admission to the CISX Official List | Announced - 19 March 2009
The following securities have been admitted to the Official List of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange with effect from the time and date of this notice.
The listing of the following securities takes effect from 19 March 2009 at 08:00.
El Oro Ltd
10,766,501 ordinary no par value shares
ISIN - GG00B3L9RC72
Director PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 22 May 2009
El Oro Ltd., ("the Company") has been informed of the purchase of 2,000 stock units by CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company of purchases made by members of his family in the Company in two lots of 1,500 and 500 shares at 375 pence and 400 pence respectively. The details of these purchases in the Company are shown in the following table.
| CRW Parish on behalf of: |
Shares purchased |
| Mrs LJ Parish - ISA Account |
1,500 |
| Mrs LJ Parish - ISA Account |
500 |
| |
2,000 |
Following these dealings:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company following the notification of this appropriation of 913,614 stock units representing 8.48% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,599,493 stock units, representing 14.84% of the Company. This represents an interest of 23.32% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Interim Dividend to 30 June 2009 - Amended date | Announced - 26 November 2009
The Company’s registrar, Capita Registrars advised that there has been an inadvertent delay in the implementation of BACS payment facilities for the dividend. The time-table for the dividend announcement made on 19 November 2009 has therefore been revised as follows:
On 19 November 2009, the Directors of El Oro Ltd declared a first and only interim dividend of 14.0 pence per stock unit for the year-ended 30 June 2009.
This cash dividend is payable on 23 December 2009 to shareholders on the Register, at close of business on 4 December 2009.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Director PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 2 July 2009
El Oro Ltd., ("the Company") has been informed of the purchase of 1,880 stock units by CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company of purchases made by members of his family in the Company in one lot of 1,880 shares at 375 pence.
Following these dealings:
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company following the notification of this appropriation of 915,494 stock units representing 8.50% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,599,493 stock units, representing 14.84% of the Company. This represents an interest of 23.34% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement - 30 June 2009 | Announced - 31 July 2009
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, ST Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
Net Asset Value
31 July 2009
Valuation date 30 June 2009
Currency GBP
NAV 557.3 pence
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Director PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 11 August 2009
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by Directors of the Company and a subsidiary company (El Oro and Exploration Company Limited) on 29 June 2009 as follows:
The Hon. Mrs EC Parish, a non-executive Director of the subsidiary company, transferred 321,462 ordinary shares in the Company at £3.50 per stock unit. This transfer comprises 321,462 ordinary shares which were transferred on behalf of accounts of her grandchildren who are adults (85,436 ordinary shares) and minors (236,026 ordinary shares) and that Mr CRW Parish and Mrs EW Houston are trustees.
Mrs EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the Company, received 107,154 ordinary shares in the Company at £3.50 per share. This transfer comprised 107,154 ordinary shares received on behalf of an account of her children, three of whom are minors and that Mrs. EW Houston and Mr CRW Parish is a trustee of which.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company, received 134,872 ordinary shares in the Company at £3.50 per share. This transfer comprised 134,872 ordinary shares received on behalf of an account of his children, all of whom are minors and that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee of which.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company, received a further 79,436 ordinary shares in the Company at £3.50 per share. This transfer comprised 79,436 ordinary shares received on behalf of an account of his sister’s children, two of whom are adults (12,000 ordinary shares) and two of whom are minors (67,436 ordinary shares) and that Mr CRW Parish is a trustee of which.
The holdings for The Hon. Mrs. EC Parish, Mrs EW Houston and Mr CRW Parish have been adjusted to reflect the reallocation of underlying trust accounts. The result of this is that 321,462 ordinary shares in the Company have been reallocated from The Hon. Mrs EC Parish's beneficial holding to Mrs EW Houston and Mr CRW Parish's beneficial and non-beneficial holdings in the Company.
Following these transactions:
The Hon. Mrs EC Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of this sale, of 10,001 ordinary shares representing 0.09% of the Company. This represents an interest of 0.09% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mrs EW Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,091,023 representing 10.12% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 671,457 ordinary shares representing 6.23% of the Company. This represents an interest of 16.35% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,058,216 ordinary shares representing 9.80% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,786,083 ordinary shares representing 16.57% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.37% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Interim Dividend to 30 June 2009 | Announced - 20 November 2009
On 19 November 2009, the Directors of El Oro Ltd declared a first and only interim dividend of 14.0 pence per stock unit for the year-ended 30 June 2009.
This cash dividend is payable on 30 November 2009 to shareholders on the Register, at close of business on 27 November 2009.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement - 30 September 2009 | Announced - 8 December 2009
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, ST Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
Net Asset Value
Valuation date 30 September 2009
Currency GBP
NAV 600.5 pence
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Final Results - 30 June 2009 | Announced - 21 December 2009
El Oro Ltd announces its final results for the year ended 30 June 2009.
Extracts from the final results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement - 31 October 2009 | Announced - 22 December 2009
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
Net Asset Value
Valuation date 31 October 2009
Currency GBP
NAV 608.2 pence
Update:
The initial NAV released for 30 June 2009 was shown based upon the information available to the Company at that point in time. It has subsequently come to light that the Company’s initial tax advice on the creation of a provision for tax on unrealised losses was incorrect; the correction in the annual accounts resulted in an NAV as at 30 June 2009 of 480.8 pence.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV update - 30 June 2009 | Announced - 22 December 2009
The Board of Directors would like to advise that the initial NAV released for 30 June 2009 was shown based upon the information available to the Company at that point in time. It has subsequently come to light that the Company’s initial tax advice on the creation of a provision for tax on unrealised losses was incorrect; the correction in the annual accounts resulted in an NAV as at 30 June 2009 of 480.8 pence.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement - 30 November 2009 | Announced - 23 December 2009
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
Net Asset Value
Valuation date 30 November 2009
Currency GBP
NAV 632.3 pence
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement - 31 December 2009
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
Net Asset Value
Valuation date 31 December 2009
Currency GBP
NAV 646.5 pence
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Annual Report at 30 June 2009 | Announced - 31 December 2009
The Directors are pleased to announce the audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009 for the Company.
The audited Financial Statements for the Company are attached to this announcement.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Admission to Official List - Amendment | Announced - 13 January 2010
This amends the announcement released on 19 March 2009 at 08:00.
The number of shares admitted to listing should have read 10,776,501 and not 10,766,501 as previously stated. The full wording of the corrected announcement is given below:
Notice of Admission to Official List
The following securities have been admitted to the Official List of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange with effect from the time and date of this notice.
The listing of the following securities takes effect from 19 March 2009 at 08:00.
El Oro Ltd
10,776,501 ordinary no par value shares
ISIN - GG00B3L9RC72
Director PDMR Shareholding | Announced - 28 January 2010
The Company has been informed of the following transactions in its ordinary shares by Directors of the Company and a subsidiary company (El Oro and Exploration Company Limited) over the period 21 to 24 December 2009 as follows:
Mrs EW Houston, a non-executive Director of the Company, transferred 14,451 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.05 per share. This transfer comprised 7,225 ordinary shares received to her husband’s account, with a further 7,226 ordinary shares received on behalf of a trust account of her children (three of whom are minors) and of which, Mrs. EW Houston and Mr CRW Parish are trustees.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company, received 1,000 ordinary shares in the Company (500 at £4.30 per share and a further 500 at £4.50 per share). This transfer comprised 1,000 ordinary shares received on behalf of a trust account of his niece (who is a minor) and of which Mr CRW Parish is a trustee.
Mr CRW Parish, an executive director of the Company, bought 296 ordinary shares in the Company at £4.05 per share on his own (ISA) account.
Following these transactions:
Mrs EW Houston has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,076,572 representing 9.99% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 685,908 ordinary shares representing 6.36% of the Company. This represents an interest of 16.35% in the total voting rights of the Company.
Mr CRW Parish has a beneficial holding in the Company, following the notification of these transactions, of 1,056,512 ordinary shares representing 9.80% of the Company together with a non-beneficial holding of 1,801,534 ordinary shares representing 16.72% of the Company. This represents an interest of 26.52% in the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish
Chairman
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
S McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement - 31 January 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
Net Asset Value
Valuation date 31 January 2010
Currency GBP
NAV 622.3 pence
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
AGM Statement on resolutions passed | Announced - 18 Febuary 2010
At the Annual General Meeting of El Oro Ltd. held on 21 January 2010 the following resolutions were approved and agreed:
(a) To receive and approve the Directors’ report and financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2009 by unanimous agreement to the voting shareholders;
(b) To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP of National Westminster House, Le Truchot, St Peter Port, Guernsey as auditor of the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next General Meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration. This was agreed unanimously by the shareholders voting.
(c) To amend the Company’s Article 13.1
- (i) FROM:
- 13. GENERAL MEETINGS
13.1 The first general meeting (being an annual general meeting) of the Company shall be held within such time as may be required by the Laws and therefore, general meetings (which are annual general meetings) shall be held at least once in each subsequent calendar year. All general meetings (other than annual general meetings) shall be called extraordinary general meetings. General meetings shall be held in Guernsey or such other place outside the United Kingdom as may be determined by the Directors from time to time. This resolution was agreed unanimously by all voting shareholders.
- (ii) TO:
- 13. GENERAL MEETINGS
13.1 The first general meeting (being an annual general meeting) of the Company shall be held within such time as may be required by the Laws and therefore, general meetings (which are annual general meetings) shall be held at least once in each subsequent calendar year. All general meetings (other than annual general meetings) shall be called extraordinary general meetings. General meetings shall be held in such place as may be determined by the Directors from time to time.
(d) To authorise the Company generally and unconditionally to make market purchases within the meaning of Section 315 of the Companies (Guernsey) Law 2008, the authority for market acquisitions set forth in Article 4.7 of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation be approved and restated on the basis that of its Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company ("Shares”) upon or subject to the following conditions:
- (i) the maximum number of Shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 1,077,650;
(ii) the maximum price at which Shares may be purchased shall be 5% above the average of the middle market quotations for the Shares as taken from the Channel Islands Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days preceding the date of purchase and the minimum price shall be 5 pence per share, in both cases exclusive of expenses; and
(ii) the authority to purchase conferred by this Resolution shall expire on the date falling eighteen months after the date of this resolution or at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this Resolution, save that the Company may before such expiry enter into a contract of purchase under which such contract may be completed or executed wholly or partly after the expiration of this authority.
Date: 17 February 2010
Interim Dividend to 30 June 2010 | Announced - 23 February 2010
On 18 February 2010, the Directors of El Oro Ltd declared a first interim dividend of 12.0 pence per share for the year-ended 30 June 2010.
This cash dividend is payable on 31 March 2010 to shareholders on the Register, at close of business on 5 March 2010.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
NAV announcement - 28 February 2010
El Oro Ltd. ("the Company") Registration No: 49778 of 22 Smith Street, St Peter Port,
Guernsey, GY1 2JQ Channel Islands.
Immediate Announcement:
Net Asset Value
Valuation date 28 February 2010
Currency GBP
NAV 646.1 pence
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
El Oro Ltd.
Tel: 020 7581 2782
Interim Results - 31 December 2009 | Announced - 23 March 2010
El Oro Ltd announces its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2009.
Extracts from the interim results are set out below.
For further information, please contact:
C Robin Woodbine Parish: Chairman
Steven McKeane
El Oro Ltd
Tel: 020 7581 2782