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Concurrently, MR</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">planned to spin off 62% of its</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">Northam Platinum Ltd (NP)</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">unit, to its shareholders.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">Upon completion, Impala</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">Platinum Holdings Ltd (IP)</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="19">planned to acquire the entire</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="20">ordinary share capital of NP</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="21">and MR. 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The shares</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">were valued based on IP's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">closing stock price of 165.75</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">rands ($20.136) on October 1,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">the last full trading day</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="19">prior to the announcement. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="20">transaction was subject to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="21">regulatory approvals. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="22">transaction was contingent</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="23">upon the completion of the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="24">spin off of NP's 62% interest</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="25">to Mvelaphanda Resources Ltd's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="26">(MR) shareholders.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="27">Subsequently, IP planned to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="28">acquire the entire ordinary</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="29">share capital of MR.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="30">Originally, in September 2008,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="31">MR announced that it was</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="32">seeking a buyer for its NP</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="33">unit. In a related</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="34">transaction, the board of MR,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="35">authorized the repurchase of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="36">up to 35 mil ordinary A</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="37">shares, or about 16.77% of the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="38">company's ordinary share</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="39">capital, from Afripalm</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="40">Resources Pty Ltd, in a</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="41">privately-negotiated</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="42">transaction.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>SOUTH AFRICA - Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd (IP) planned to acquire the entire ordinary share capital, of Northam Platinum Ltd (NP), a Johannesburg-based platinum mining company, in a stock swap transaction valued at 20.865 bil South African rands ($2.458 bil US), subject to proration whereby 70% of the total consideration was to be paid in new IP ordinary shares and 30% in cash, via a scheme of arrangement. The shares were valued based on IP's closing stock price of 165.75 rands ($20.136) on October 1, the last full trading day prior to the announcement. The transaction was subject to regulatory approvals. The transaction was contingent upon the completion of the spin off of NP's 62% interest to Mvelaphanda Resources Ltd's (MR) shareholders. Subsequently, IP planned to acquire the entire ordinary share capital of MR. Originally, in September 2008, MR announced that it was seeking a buyer for its NP unit. 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