Issue of Equity
Range Resources Ltd
ABN 88 002 522 009
34 Parliament Place
West Perth WA 6005
PO Box 684
West Perth WA 6872
P: +61 8 9488 5200
F: +61 8 9321 6699
admin@rangeresources.com.au
21 December 2007
Offer Completed
The Company wishes to advise that the shortfall offer pertaining to the
Placement Issue as detailed in the Prospectus dated 1 November has now closed.
Please find attached an Appendix 3B to reflect the closing of the offers.
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 Options ($1.00, 1 October 2008)
or to be issued Listed Options ($1.00, 1 October 2010)
2 Number of +securities issued 63,723,930 Unlisted Options ($1.00, 1
or to be issued (if known) or October 2008) - Pursuant to the Option
maximum number which may be Placement Offer
issued
15,271,144 Options ($1.00, 1 October
2010) - Pursuant to the Option Rights
Offer
3 Principal terms of the Unlisted Options ($1.00, 1 October
+securities (eg, if options, 2008)
exercise price and expiry
date; if partly paid Listed Options ($1.00, 1 October 2010)
+securities, the amount
outstanding and due dates for
payment; if +convertible
securities, the conversion
price and dates for
conversion)
4 Do the +securities rank No -Listed Options ($1.00, 1 October
equally in all respects from 2010)
the date of allotment with an
existing +class of quoted No - New class of Options ($1.00, 1
+securities? October 2008)
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 63,723,930 Unlisted Options ($1.00, 1
October 2008) $0.01 placement to
holders of Options ($1.00, 1 October
2007) - total amount raised $635,534
15,271,144 Options ($1.00, 1 October
2010) $0.01 rights issue 1 Option for
every 8 shares held - total amount
raised $152,677
6 Purpose of the issue Working Capital/Puntland Project
(If issued as consideration
for the acquisition of
assets, clearly identify
those assets)
7 Dates of entering +securities 5 December 2007
into uncertificated holdings
or despatch of certificates
Number +Class
8 Number and +class of all 195,440,024 Ordinary fully paid shares
+securities quoted on ASX
(including the securities in 66,094,173 Options ($1.00, 1 October 2010)
clause 2 if applicable)
Number +Class
9 Number and +class of all 63,723,930 Options ($1.00, 1 October 2008)
+securities not quoted on ASX
(including the securities in 5,000,000 Partly Paid Shares (paid up to 30 cents)
clause 2 if applicable)
2,952,029 Broker Options ($0.50, 30 June 2012)
10 Dividend policy (in the case Not applicable
of a trust, distribution
policy) on the increased
capital (interests)
Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue
11 Is security holder approval No
required?
12 Is the issue renounceable or Non-renounceable
non-renounceable?
13 Ratio in which the +securities will 1 rights option for every 8
be offered ordinary Fully Paid Shares held.
14 +Class of +securities to which the Options ($1.00, 1 October 2010)
offer relates
15 +Record date to determine 13 November 2007
entitlements
16 Will holdings on different registers N/A
(or subregisters) be aggregated for
calculating entitlements?
17 Policy for deciding entitlements in Rounding up
relation to fractions
18 Names of countries in which the
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 29 November 2007
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 9 November 2007
+security holders' approval, the
date of the meeting
26 Date entitlement and acceptance form 15 November 2007
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 5 December 2007
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) 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 50,823,029
+quotation is sought
39 Class of +securities for which Options ($1.00, 1 October 2010)
quotation is sought
40 Do the +securities rank equally in Yes RRSOA Options ($1.00, 1 October 2010)
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 To consolidate options with same expiry period
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 195,440,024 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
quoted on ASX (including the 66,094,173 RRSOA Options
securities in clause 38)
1. 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.
Date: 20 December 2007
Print name: PETER LANDAU,
COMPANY SECRETARY/ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Range's nominated adviser is RFC Corporate Finance Ltd, contact: Stuart Laing,
ph: +618 9480 2500 .