| 19 December 2005 IMPLICATIONS OF IFRS 2 ON THE MURRAY & ROBERTS BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
TRANSACTION Shareholders are referred to the announcement on 29 November 2005 relating to the sanctioning by the High Court of the Murray & Roberts BBBEE transaction which will result in the introduction of broad-based direct black ownership into the Murray & Roberts shareholding structure from Monday 19 December 2005. Murray & Roberts has adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the year ended 30 June 2006 and will report its half year to 31 December 2005 in this context. sens announcement 5 December 2005 RESULTS OF THE CONCOR SCHEME MEETING At the adjourned meeting of scheme members (“scheme meeting”) held on Monday 5 December 2005, the scheme was approved by scheme members holding 87.91% of the total number of shares that were voted at the scheme meeting. As a result, the scheme was agreed to by the requisite majority of votes of scheme members. sens announcement 30 November 2005 AMENDMENT TO THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSED SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN CONCOR AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS Shareholders are referred to the announcements previously published on SENS and in the press by Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited and by Concor, the most recent being dated 17 November 2005, and the circular to Concor shareholders dated 14 October 2005 advising that Murray & Roberts Limited is proposing a scheme of arrangement in terms of Section 311 of the Companies Act No. 61 of 1973, as amended between Concor and its shareholders, other than Mexican Wave Investments (Proprietary) Limited, in terms of which Murray & Roberts will acquire all the shares in the issued share capital of Concor, other than those held by Mexican Wave. This announcement should be read in conjunction with the previous announcements and the circular.sens announcement 29 November 2005 SANCTIONING OF THE SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT Shareholders are advised that on Tuesday 29 November 2005 the High Court of South Africa sanctioned the scheme of arrangement in terms of section 311 of the Companies Act No. 61 of 1973, as amended, proposed by two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Murray & Roberts, the trustees of the Letsema Bokamoso General Staff Trust and the trustees of the Letsema Vulindlela Black Executives Trust, between Murray & Roberts and its ordinary shareholders. sens announcement 21 November 2005 BROAD BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT TRANSACTION MURRAY & ROBERTS WINS SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL Shareholders in Murray & Roberts today voted in favour of the company proceeding with the implementation of its ground-breaking and broad-based black economic empowerment transaction. media release | sens announcement 16 November 2005 MEMBERSHIP OF REMUNERATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE Shareholders are advised that in line with best practice, Mr Brian Bruce, Group Chief Executive of Murray & Roberts, has stepped down as a member of the company’s Remuneration and Human Resources Committee with immediate effect. more/... 14 November 2005 ACQUISITION OF CLOUGH LIMITED The latest transaction was effected on Friday 11 November 2005 following satisfaction of all regulatory conditions precedent and approval from Clough shareholders at its annual general meeting (“AGM”) held on Wednesday 9 November 2005. more/... 8 November 2005 SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT IN RESPECT OF CONCOR LIMITED Shareholders are referred to the joint announcement by Concor Limited (“Concor”) and the Group published on SENS on 14 October 2005, and the even-dated circular to shareholders, relating to the scheme of arrangement in terms of Section 311 of the Companies Act No.61 of 1973, as amended (“Companies Act”), proposed by Murray & Roberts Limited (“Murray & Roberts”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group, in terms of which Murray & Roberts will acquire all of the shares in the issued share capital of Concor other than those held by Mexican Wave Investments (Proprietary) Limited ("the transaction"). more/... 7 November 2005 GAUTRAIN PROJECT Shareholders are advised that the capital cost estimate for the Gautrain project announced by government recently represents a potential order book to the Group of approximately R 4,5 billion at current pricing levels, over a minimum five-year period commencing with full financial close of the 20 year concession contract. more/... 2 November 2005 ANNOUNCEMENT BY GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRIAN BRUCE Murray & Roberts Construction (Pty) Limited We are experiencing a significant increase in construction activity in South Africa and expect this to continue over the next decade at least. The pending Gautrain Rapid Rail Link and VRESAP Pipeline plus long-term developments planned for the power and other sectors, indicates our primary region of construction activity as Gauteng and surrounding provinces. more/... 26 October 2005 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - RESULTS Shareholders are advised that the ordinary and special resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting of the company held today, Wednesday 26 October 2005 were approved by the requisite majorities. more/... 26 October 2005 57TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING BUSINESS UPDATE The 2005 financial year saw a major shift in the business make-up and strategic focus of the Group. Murray & Roberts has worked to position itself as a world class implementer of major projects in its selected markets. Over the past year the Group has been successful in securing a leadership position in a number of significant global projects, most notably the expansion of Dubai International Airport, Gautrain Rapid Rail Link, VRESAP Water Pipeline and the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor. more/... 21 October 2005 FURTHER DETAILS IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED BROAD-BASED BLACK DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTO THE MURRAY & ROBERTS SHAREHOLDER STRUCTURE This announcement sets out further details relating to important dates and times relevant to the scheme; meetings required to implement the scheme and the broad-based BEE transaction; and the circular to Murray & Roberts shareholders.
5 October 2005 2005 MURRAY & ROBERTS JACK CHEETHAM AWARD TO GIANTS GYMNASTICS The 2005 Murray & Roberts Jack Cheetham Memorial Award was presented to the Women’s High Performance Artistic Gymnastics Organisation (Giants Gymnastics) at a gala event in Sandton last night. more/... 23 September 2005 MURRAY & ROBERTS BROAD-BASED BEE INITIATIVE NAMED We are pleased to announce the name of the Murray & Roberts BEE initiative as: The Murray & Roberts Letsema Broad-Based BEE Initiative. The Letsema initiative has as its key principle the normalisation and social & economic development of the communities within which Murray & Roberts operates. This includes our employees, our families and the broader community within which we live. more/... 7 September 2005 BHD 20M CONTRACT FOR NASS MURRAY & ROBERTS JOINT VENTURE The NASS MURRAY & ROBERTS JOINT VENTURE have been awarded the Durrat Bridges Project valued at BHD 20m which incorporates 13 number bridges totalling 3.5km. more/... 31 August 2005 M&R ANNOUNCES A R494 MILLION BROAD-BASED EMPOWERMENT TRANSACTION Murray & Roberts today announced a R494 million investment extending its current black economic empowerment partnerships to a broad-base of staff and community organisations. The objective of the empowerment strategy is to achieve greater than 25% broad-based, direct black ownership in Murray & Roberts by 2010. The announcement today provided details of this initiative which will see 10% of Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited shareholding transferred to four trusts and will result in 9,4% direct black ownership being achieved by early next year. media release | formal announcement (pdf 118kb) 31 August 2005 MURRAY & ROBERTS DELIVERS ALL ROUND GROWTH Murray & Roberts has announced annual financial results for the year to 30 June 2005 ahead of market expectations and with strong growth across all dimensions of its business. more/... 26 August 2005 ANNOUNCEMENT BY GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRIAN BRUCE With effect from 1 July 2005 we have made two important changes to the organisation under the leadership of executive director Edwin Hewitt. These changes are designed to enhance our engineering & contracting capability in key domestic and international markets and to build capacity as an effective partner to Clough in the offshore oil & gas market. more/... 28 July 2005 CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT Shareholders are advised that Murray & Roberts proposes to introduce broad-based black economic empowerment into its shareholder structure which will serve to enhance existing empowerment initiatives within its subsidiary companies. more/... 7 July 2005 MURRAY & ROBERTS 2005 JD ROBERTS AWARD Murray & Roberts is pleased to announce that the 2005 winner of the JD Roberts Award is Dr Sharon Biermann. This award recognizes Dr Biermann’s research contribution into public sector infrastructure investment and development spending, focused on integrated land use, infrastructure planning, land suitability assessment, development prioritization and spatial infrastructure economics. more/... 10 June 2005 REVISED TIMING RELATING TO THE FIRM INTENTION TO MAKE AN OFFER FOR THE ENTIRE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OF CONCOR LIMITED Murray & Roberts and the independent committee of the board of directors of Concor have been in negotiations regarding the terms and conditions on which the independent committee would allow a due diligence investigation to be conducted. These terms and conditions have now been agreed and the due diligence investigation has commenced. more/... 6 June 2005 ANNOUNCEMENT BY GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRIAN BRUCE - GROUP INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS DIRECTOR APPOINTED Mr Balachandra “Bal” Panicker has accepted the role as Group International Projects Director. more/... 4 May 2005 MURRAY & ROBERTS DES BAKER ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION 2005 The 2005 Murray & Roberts Des Baker Awards ceremony was held at the Johannesburg Old Fort, Constitution Hill on Thursday evening 21st April. more/... 19 April 2005 ANNOUNCEMENT BY GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRIAN BRUCE I am pleased to announce that Edwin Hewitt (39) has been appointed a director on the Board of Murray & Roberts Limited with immediate effect. more/... 28 January 2005 CONSANI ENGINEERING PLACED INTO LIQUIDATION Consani Engineering, the Cape Town-based manufacturer of liquid and gas tank containers and wholly owned subsidiary of Murray & Roberts, has been placed into liquidation by its directors with immediate effect. Media Release | SENS Announcement 18 January 2005 DISPOSAL OF INTEREST IN UNITRANS Disposal of Murray & Roberts' 44%-interest held in Unitrans Limited to Steinhoff International Holdings Limited was settled today (18th January 2005) more/... |