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RNS Number : 3066Z

DMCI Holdings Inc.

05 March 2013

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO

OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO THE SAME WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

5 March 2013

Cash Offer

by DMCI Mining Corporation

for Toledo Mining Corporation PLC

POSTING OF OFFER DOCUMENT AND OFFER PRICE DECLARED FINAL

On 15 February 2013, DMCI Mining acquired Toledo Shares taking its aggregate holding in Toledo to approximately 37.7 per cent. and announced the terms of a cash offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Toledo not already owned by DMCI Mining.

The Offer Document which contains, amongst other things, the full terms of, and the condition to, the Offer is being posted to Toledo Shareholders today together with the Form of Acceptance and will be available at www.dmciholdings.com.

The Offer comprises 50 pence per share in cash for each Toledo share and is conditional only upon the receipt of valid acceptances which, together with Toledo Shares acquired or agreed to be acquired before or during the Offer, will result in DMCI Mining holding Toledo Shares carrying more than 50 per cent. of the voting rights in Toledo.

The Offer is final and will not be increased.

DMCI Mining believes that the Offer provides full and fair value for the Toledo Shares and represents an attractive opportunity for Toledo Shareholders to crystallise a significant premium to the prevailing market price of Toledo Shares prior to the Announcement, as an alternative to the risks and significant financing requirements associated with Toledo remaining as an independent company.

DMCI Mining has received letters of intent to accept the Offer in respect of 3,801,019 Toledo Shares, representing approximately 7.6 per cent. of Toledo's existing issued share capital. In aggregate, therefore, DMCI Mining owns or has received letters of intent to accept the Offer in respect of 22,619,363 Toledo Shares, representing approximately 45.4 per cent. of Toledo's existing issued share capital.

The Offer will remain open for acceptance until 1.00 p.m. (London time) on 2 April 2013. Full details of the procedure for accepting the Offer are set out in the Offer Document and are summarised below.

Procedure for Acceptance

To accept the Offer in respect of Toledo Shares held in certificated form, Toledo Shareholders must complete the Form of Acceptance in accordance with the instructions printed on it and set out in the Offer Document and return it together with their share certificate(s) or other document(s) of title to Capita Registrars, receiving agent for the Offer, as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received by Capita Registrars by no later than 1.00 p.m. (London time) on 2 April 2013.

To accept the Offer in respect of Toledo Shares held in uncertificated form (that is, in CREST), Toledo Shareholders must follow the procedure for electronic acceptance through CREST in accordance with the instructions set out in the Offer Document so that the TTE instruction settles as soon as possible and, in any event, by no later than 1.00 p.m. (London time) on 2 April 2013.

If Toledo Shareholders hold their Toledo Shares as a CREST sponsored member, they should refer to their CREST sponsor as only their CREST sponsor will be able to send the necessary TTE instruction to Euroclear.

Unless otherwise stated, defined terms used in this announcement have the same meaning as set out in the announcement made on 15 February 2013.

Enquiries:

Evercore Partners (financial advisor to the DMCI Group)

Stephen CuUnjieng +852 3983 2600

Nancy Valiente

Edward Banks +44 20 7268 2700

Andrew Price

Evercore Partners, through Evercore Asia Limited and Evercore Partners International LLP, is acting exclusively for the DMCI Group and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than the DMCI Group for providing the protections afforded to the customers of Evercore Partners or for providing advice in relation to the Offer or in relation to the contents of this document or any transaction or arrangement referred to herein. Evercore Asia Limited is licensed in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. Evercore Partners International LLP is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority.

This announcement is not intended to and does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale or transfer of the securities referred to in this announcement in or into any jurisdiction in contravention of any applicable law. The Offer will be made solely by the Offer Document (together with, in the case of Toledo Shares in certificated form, the Form of Acceptance), which will contain the full terms and conditions of the Offer, including details of how the Offer may be accepted. Toledo Shareholders should carefully read the Offer Document (and, if they hold their Toledo Shares in certificated form, the Form of Acceptance) in its entirety before making a decision with respect to the Offer.

This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law and the Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside the United K Kingdom.

The availability of the Offer to Toledo Shareholders who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are located or of which they are citizens. Such persons should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory requirements of those jurisdictions. In particular, the Offer is not, unless decided otherwise by DMCI Mining or required by the Code, being made in or into or from, and is not capable of acceptance in or from, any Restricted Jurisdiction. Further details in relation to overseas Toledo Shareholders are contained in the Offer Document.

The Offer is not intended to be made, directly or indirectly, in, into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance from or within any Restricted Jurisdiction. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and all documents relating to the Offer (including the Offer Document and Form of Acceptance) are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction and persons receiving this announcement (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise distribute or send it in, into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction, as doing so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the Offer.

Disclosure requirements under the Code

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1 per cent. or more of any class of relevant securities of Toledo or of any paper offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the Offer Period and, if later, following the announcement in which any paper offeror is first identified.

An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) Toledo and (ii) any paper offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the Offer Period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10th business day following the announcement in which any paper offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of Toledo or of a paper offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1 per cent. or more of any class of relevant securities of Toledo or of any paper offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of Toledo or of any paper offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) Toledo and (ii) any paper offeror, save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of Toledo or a paper offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by Toledo and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by Toledo, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).

Details of Toledo and any offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the Offer Period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. If you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure, you should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

Publication on DMCI website

A copy of this announcement and the Offer Document will be available, free of charge, at www.dmciholdings.com.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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