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MEO Australia Limited Announcement
Request for trading halt
MEO Australia Limited
(ASX:
MEO
) requests
a trading halt of its shares effective
immediately
following receipt of a
n
otice of an intention to make a
takeover bid for
MEO Australia Limited from Mosman Oil and Gas Limited
.
For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 17.1,
MEO
provides the following info
rmation:
(a)
t
he trading halt is necessary as
otherwise trading in
MEO
shares may take
place in an uninformed market
;
(b)
MEO
requests that the trading halt remain in place until it is in a position to
make an announcement to the market
in relation to a
significant
corporate
transaction.
MEO anticipates that
an announcement will be made prior to the
commencement of normal trading
on
15
th
December
20
1
4
and the trading halt
will cease at that time; and
(c)
MEO
is not aware of any reason why the trading ha
lt should not be granted.