received following for FOREIGN SHAREHOLDERS July 20, 2007 Dear Shareholder, RENOUNCEABLE 1:4 RIGHTS ISSUE (“ISSUE”) - RECORD DATE : 20 JULY 2007 - RIGHTS TRADING COMMENCES : 16 JULY 2007 - RIGHTS TRADING CLOSES : 31 JULY 2007 Solco Limited’s prospectus for the Issue is dated 5 July 2007 and has been lodged with both ASIC and ASX. A copy of the prospectus may be viewed on www.solco.com.au/investors/announcements/prospectus. Solco has a significant number of Foreign shareholders and wishes to ensure that they have the maximum opportunity to participate in the rights issue where it is allowed under the ASX Listing Rules and Corporations Act and to derive some benefit where they are precluded from the rights issues under the regulatory framework. Solco’s Foreign shareholders generally fall into one of two categories: 1. Foreign Shareholders registered with overseas addresses on the Solco Australian Share Register managed by Computershare. Under the regulations, these foreign shareholders are not able to participate in the rights issue. However arrangements have been made for the rights of such Foreign Shareholders to be traded and any funds obtained will be remitted as explained below 2. Foreign Shareholders who hold their shares through a nominee company with an Australian address on the Solco Australian Share Register managed by Computershare. These Foreign shareholders can only participate in the rights issue if they properly instruct the Australian domiciled nominee company holding the shares on their behalf to accept their entitlement to shares and provide the necessary funds through that channel. This option is explained in detail below. Foreign Shareholders registered with overseas addresses on the Solco Australian Share Register Although the Issue prospectus will only be made available to shareholders at the Record Date with registered addresses in Australia and New Zealand, Solco has appointed: Zenix Nominees Pty Ltd (a related entity to Hartleys Limited stockbrokers) of Level 6, 141 St George’s Terrace, Perth, Western Australia. o Phone : 61 8 9268 2888 o Fax : 61 8 9268 2800 o Attention: Talena Maes to facilitate the sale of rights under the Issue for the benefit of foreign registered shareholders, in accordance with ASX Listing Rule and Corporations Act requirements. The net proceeds of the sale of the Rights (if any) after deducting all costs involved in the sale process and subsequent distribution of such proceeds, will be distributed in Australian dollars to overseas Shareholders for whose benefit the Rights have been sold in proportion to their shareholdings as at the Record Date, save that individual amounts of less than $10.00 will be retained by the Company. Once the period of rights trading has passed either the Share Registry or the Company will remit funds to the addresses held on the data base. Full details of these arrangements are set forth in the Issue prospectus. In this manner foreign registered shareholders may gain the benefit in value of the rights attaching to their shares if there is an active market in the trading of such rights. If you are a foreign registered shareholder at the Record Date you may care to contact Zenix Nominees Pty Ltd (as above) or Solco Limited to ensure that your entitlement to participate in any trading of rights attaching to your shares is registered. If you are a foreign registered shareholder at the Record Date you may wish to make sure all details are correct by contacting Solco Ltd’s Share Registry: Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd, GPO Box D182, Perth, Western Australia. Telephone – 61 3 9415 4000 Fax – 61 8 9323 2033 www.computershare.com Foreign Shareholders who hold their shares through a nominee company with an Australian address on the Solco Australian Share Register If shares are held through an Australian registered nominee company or intermediary, then the beneficial foreign shareholder is treated as an Australian shareholder under the regulatory framework. In this case, the Australian domiciled nominee companies will receive a prospectus and an application form from Solco. Generally they will promptly forward all the details to the foreign based nominee or intermediary acting on behalf of a foreign shareholder to enable them to consider or further process such an offer. These foreign based entities may or may not forward the information in a timely manner to the beneficial owner of the shares to enable them to provide the necessary instruction back through the chain the Australian domiciled nominee company. You may wish to contact your nominee company or intermediary through whom you deal to get them to obtain details of the offer from the Australian domiciled nominee company in whose name your shares are registered in Australia. Once you have the offer through the appropriate channels you will be able give your instructions as to how you wish them to deal with the offer to participate in that rights issue outlined in the prospectus. The largest of the Australian domiciled nominee companies holding Solco shares on behalf of foreign shareholders is ANZ Nominees. You may wish to contact Jeremy Duggan who is Announcements Manager with ANZ Nominees in Melbourne , Australia to ascertain whether the foreign intermediary through which you deal has been sent a prospectus and application form. Mr. Duggan’s contact details are [email protected] and his phone number is 03 9273 6466. I trust this information will assist you to be able to participate or otherwise obtain benefit from the rights issue by the Company. We thank you for your support. Yours faithfully, John Beech Company Secretary
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