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Friday, 22 October2021
Gascoyne Resources Limited –Panel Declines to Conduct Proceedings
The Panel has declined to conduct proceedings on an application dated 13 October 2021from
Westgold Resources Limited(Westgold)in relation to the affairs of Gascoyne Resources
Limited(Gascoyne).
The application concerned (among other things) certain aspectsof a Scheme Implementation
Deed(SID)entered into between Gascoyne and Firefly Resources Limited(Firefly) in
relation to their proposed merger by way of a Firefly scheme of arrangement, including a
‘fiduciary out’ to the no talk restriction on Gascoyne (see TP21/25).
Westgold had submitted (among other things) that the ‘fiduciary out’ to the exclusivity
provisions in the SID is“ultimately illusory and does not achieve what it is intended to achieve (i.e.
an ability for the Gascoyne Board to support a superior offer to the Scheme which requires the Scheme
to not proceed)”, in particular Gascoyne “has no express contractual ability of its own volition to in
fact terminate the Scheme and instead would need to argue that there exists some form of implied right
of termination where such termination would be in accordance with their equitable fiduciary
obligations to Gascoyne Shareholders”.
Among other matters, the Panel considered that in light of the Gascoyne Board having
determined that Westgold’s proposed takeover offer for Gascoyne is “not a Superior Proposal
as contemplated by the SID”,1there was no reasonable prospect that it would make a
declaration of unacceptable circumstances.
Accordingly, the Panel declined to conduct proceedings.
The sitting Panel was Denise McComish (sitting President), Bruce McLennan and Rory
Moriarty.
The Panel will publish its reasons for the decision in due course on its website
www.takeovers.gov.au.
Allan Bulman
Chief Executive, Takeovers Panel
Level 16, 530 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph:+61 3 9655 3500
[email protected]
1As stated inGascoyne’s ASX announcement titled ‘Updated Business Plan and REJECT Westgold Offer’ of 13
October 2021
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