Share Capital Update
December 19 2008 - 1:58AM
UK Regulatory
ABN 88 002 522 009
Level 3, 1 Havelock Street
West Perth WA 6005
p +61 8 9488 5220
f +61 8 9324 2400
admin@rangeresources.com.au
19 December 2008
APPENDIX 3B
Please find attached an Appendix 3B for Range Resources Ltd ("Range" or the
"Company").
Yours sincerely
PETER LANDAU
Executive Director
Contacts
Range Resources
Peter Landau
Aus: +61 (8) 8 9488 5220
UK: +44 (0) 207 389 8191
plandau@rangeresources.com.au
Australia
PPR RFC Corporate Finance
David Tasker (Nominated Advisor)
+61 (8) 9388 0944 Stuart Laing
dtasker@pprwa.com.au +61 (8) 9480 2500
London
Conduit PR Fox-Davies Capital
Jonathan Charles (Broker)
+ 44 (0) 20 7429 6666 Daniel Fox-Davies
jonathan@conduitpr.com +44 (0) 207 936 5200
Appendix 3B
New issue announcement,
application for quotation of additional securities
and agreement
Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as
available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may
be made public.
Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/
2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003.
Name of entity
RANGE RESOURCES LIMITED
ABN
88 002 522 009
We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
Part 1 - All issues
You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough
space).
1 +Class of +securities issued Ordinary Full Paid Shares
or to be issued
Listed Options (A$1.00, 1 October
2010)
Unlisted Options (50 cents, 30 June
2012)
2 Number of +securities issued 15,000,000 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
or to be issued (if known)
or maximum number which may 4,500,000 Listed Options (A$1.00, 1
be issued October 2010)
225,000 Unlisted Options (50 cents,
30 June 2012)
3 Principal terms of the 15,000,000 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
+securities (eg, if options,
exercise price and expiry 4,500,000 Listed Options (A$1.00, 1
date; if partly paid October 2010)
+securities, the amount
outstanding and due dates 225,000 Unlisted Options (50 cents,
for payment; if +convertible 30 June 2012)
securities, the conversion
price and dates for
conversion)
4 Do the +securities rank Yes
equally in all respects from
the date of allotment with
an existing +class of quoted
+securities?
If the additional securities
do not rank equally, please
state:
* the date from which they
do
* the extent to which they
participate for the next
dividend, (in the case
of a trust,
distribution) or
interest payment
* the extent to which they
do not rank equally,
other than in relation
to the next dividend,
distribution or interest
payment
5 Issue price or consideration 15,000,000 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
issued for nil consideration as per
Engagement Agreement for the new
management team.
4,500,000 Listed Options issued for
nil consideration as per the
Engagement Agreement for the new
management team.
225,000 Unlisted Options issued for
nil consideration as per the
Engagement Agreement for the new
management team.
6 Purpose of the issue Engagement consideration for new
management team
(If issued as consideration
for the acquisition of
assets, clearly identify
those assets)
7 Dates of entering 2 December 2008
+securities into
uncertificated holdings or
despatch of certificates
Number +Class
8 Number and +class of all 209,304,944 Ordinary fully paid
+securities quoted on ASX shares (RRS)
(including the securities in
clause 2 if applicable) 64,901,186 Listed Options
(RRSOA) ($1.00, 1
October 2010)
Number +Class
9 Number and +class of all 4,925,000 Partly Paid Shares
+securities not quoted on
ASX (including the 3,177,029 Options ($0.50, 30
securities in clause 2 if June 2012)
applicable)
10 Dividend policy (in the Not applicable
case of a trust,
distribution policy) on the
increased capital
(interests)
Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue
11 Is security holder approval N/A
required?
12 Is the issue renounceable or N/A
non-renounceable?
13 Ratio in which the +securities will N/A
be offered
14 +Class of +securities to which the N/A
offer relates
15 +Record date to determine N/A
entitlements
16 Will holdings on different registers N/A
(or subregisters) be aggregated for
calculating entitlements?
17 Policy for deciding entitlements in N/A
relation to fractions
18 Names of countries in which the N/A
entity has +security holders who
will not be sent new issue documents
Note: Security holders must be told
how their entitlements are to be
dealt with.
Cross reference: rule 7.7.
19 Closing date for receipt of N/A
acceptances or renunciations
20 Names of any underwriters N/A
21 Amount of any underwriting fee or N/A
commission
22 Names of any brokers to the issue N/A
23 Fee or commission payable to the N/A
broker to the issue
24 Amount of any handling fee payable N/A
to brokers who lodge acceptances or
renunciations on behalf of +security
holders
25 If the issue is contingent on N/A
+security holders' approval, the
date of the meeting
26 Date entitlement and acceptance form N/A
and prospectus or Product Disclosure
Statement will be sent to persons
entitled
27 If the entity has issued options, N/A
and the terms entitle option holders
to participate on exercise, the date
on which notices will be sent to
option holders
28 Date rights trading will begin (if N/A
applicable)
29 Date rights trading will end (if N/A
applicable)
30 How do +security holders sell their N/A
entitlements in full through a
broker?
31 How do +security holders sell part N/A
of their entitlements through a
broker and accept for the balance?
32 How do +security holders dispose of N/A
their entitlements (except by sale
through a broker)?
33 +Despatch date N/A
Part 3 - Quotation of securities
You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of
securities
34 Type of securities
(tick one)
(a) (ticked) Securities described in Part 1
(b) All other securities
Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed
period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee
incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities
issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(a)
Additional securities forming a new class of securities
Tick to indicate you are providing the
information or documents
35 If the +securities are +equity securities, the names of the 20
largest holders of the additional +securities, and the number
and percentage of additional +securities held by those holders
36 If the +securities are +equity securities, a distribution
schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of
holders in the categories
1 - 1,000
1,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 10,000
10,001 - 100,000
100,001 and over
37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional +securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(b)
38 Number of securities for which
+quotation is sought
39 Class of +securities for which
quotation is sought
40 Do the +securities rank equally in
all respects from the date of
allotment with an existing +class of
quoted +securities?
If the additional securities do not
rank equally, please state:
* the date from which they do
* the extent to which they
participate for the next
dividend, (in the case of a
trust, distribution) or interest
payment
* the extent to which they do not
rank equally, other than in
relation to the next dividend,
distribution or interest payment
41 Reason for request for quotation now
Example: In the case of restricted
securities, end of restriction
period
(if issued upon conversion of
another security, clearly identify
that other security)
Number +Class
42 Number and +class of all +securities
quoted on ASX (including the
securities in clause 38)
Quotation agreement
1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX's absolute discretion. ASX
may quote the +securities on any conditions it decides.
2 We warrant the following to ASX.
- The issue of the +securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not
for an illegal purpose.
- There is no reason why those +securities should not be granted +quotation.
- An offer of the +securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will
not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the
Corporations Act.
Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for
the securities in order to be able to give this warranty
- Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any
applications received by us in relation to any +securities to be quoted and
that no-one has any right to return any +securities to be quoted under sections
737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the
+securities be quoted.
- We warrant that if confirmation is required under section 1017F of the
Corporations Act in relation to the +securities to be quoted, it has been
provided at the time that we request that the +securities be quoted.
- If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the
+securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the
time that we request that the +securities be quoted.
3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of
any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the
warranties in this agreement.
4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any
information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before
+quotation of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the
information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and
complete.
Sign here:
Date: 19 December 2008
Print name: PETER LANDAU, DIRECTOR
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