William Hill PLC & GVC Holdings PLC have been given the go ahead from the Northern Territories Commission & the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board regarding ownership of the Sportingbet Australian business saying conditions of the offer have been satisfied.
In related news, William Hill Australia & GVC announced that the see-through cash value to be attributed under the Offer to the Sportingbet Convertible Bonds is being revised to GBP141,000 (previously GBP134,146) for each GBP 100,000 in principal amount of Sportingbet Convertible Bonds held. The aggregate value of this revision is approximately GBP 5.5 million.
The Sportingbet Shareholder General Meeting & the Bondholder General Meeting for Sportingbet Convertible Bondholders will be held on February 21, 2013 as the next step in the process.
14/2/2013, 4:08 am