MURRAY & ROBERTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number 1948/029826/06
JSE Share Code: MUR
ISIN: ZAE000073441
(“Murray & Roberts” or the “Company” or “the Group”)
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL BY MURRAY & ROBERTS LIMITED OF ITS
ENTIRE INTEREST IN THE BOMBELA CONCESSION COMPANY (RF) PROPRIETARY LIMITED
1. Introduction
Shareholders of Murray & Roberts (“Shareholders”) are advised that the Company’s wholly-owned
subsidiary, Murray & Roberts Limited ("MRL"), has entered into a sale and purchase agreement
(“Sale and Purchase Agreement”) with Intertoll International Holdings B.V. or its nominee entity
(“Intertoll” or the "Purchaser”) to dispose of its entire interest in the Bombela Concession Company
(RF) Proprietary Limited (“BCC”). In terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement, MRL will dispose
of:
• 3 300 000 ordinary shares in BCC, constituting 33% of the entire issued ordinary share capital
of BCC (the "BCC Sale Shares"); and
• all of the issued ordinary shares in Murray & Roberts BCC Financing Company (RF) Proprietary
Limited (the "M&R Finco Sale Shares"), which is the sole shareholder of Murray & Roberts
BCC Holdco Company (RF) Proprietary Limited) which in turn holds 1 700 000 ordinary shares
in BCC, constituting 17% of the entire issued ordinary share capital of BCC,
(the BCC Sale Shares and M&R Finco Sale Shares, collectively the "Sale Shares") for a total
purchase consideration of up to R1,386,000,000 (the "Proposed Transaction”).
The Proposed Transaction is categorised as a Category 1 transaction in terms of the Listings
Requirements of the JSE Limited (“JSE”).
2. Information on Murray & Roberts
Headquartered in Johannesburg, the Group has a proud heritage spanning more than a century
and is today a multinational specialist engineering and contracting group. The Group delivers
project development and construction services into the resources, industrial, energy, water and
specialised infrastructure market sectors.
For further information about Murray & Roberts, please visit www.murrob.com
3. Information on the Purchaser
Intertoll is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Intertoll has been active in Europe since
1995, where it has grown steadily over the last 25 years. Today, Intertoll is a leading European
investor in motorway concessions and an independent toll and motorway infrastructure designer
and developer, concessionaire, equipment supplier, asset manager and provider of specialist
consultancy services catering to the transportation and infrastructure sectors in Europe.
For further information about Intertoll, please visit www.intertoll.eu
4. Overview of BCC
BCC was appointed by the Gauteng Provincial Government to design, build, operate, maintain and
partially finance the Gautrain project. The Gautrain project is a public-private-partnership that
includes a 15-year contract for the maintenance and operation of the Gautrain rapid rail system.
BCC implements its obligations through diverse contractual relationships with the primary contract
being the concession agreement between the Gauteng Provincial Government and BCC.
For further information about BCC, please visit www.bombela.com
5. Rationale for the Proposed Transaction
The Shareholders are referred to the Group’s stakeholder report for the year ended 30 June 2022,
in which the Group explained that delivery of its order book was increasingly being disrupted and
that increased levels of working capital were required to address the dislocation in project cash
flows.
The proceeds from the Proposed Transaction will be utilised to reduce debt in South Africa and will
assist the Group in addressing its working capital needs. The Group’s investment in BCC is not
strategic and the concession is also set to terminate in 2026.
6. Purchase consideration
The purchase price payable for the Sale Shares has been determined and agreed with reference
to the fair value of the Sale Shares at 30 September 2022, being an amount of R1,360,210,603,
following receipt of a dividend of R130,000,000 and a fair value adjustment in the 3 month period
to 30 September 2022, which will be adjusted in accordance with a formula as more fully set out in
the Sale and Purchase Agreement ("Purchase Consideration"), provided that the Purchase
Consideration shall be rounded to and capped at R1,386,000,000 should the closing and
completion of the Proposed Transaction ("Closing Date") occur on or after 31 December 2022.
In the event that any distribution is paid by BCC to Murray & Roberts during the period commencing
on the signature of the Sale and Purchase Agreement and ending at 23:59 on the day immediately
prior to the Closing Date ("Interim Period") (regardless of whether such distribution was declared
during or prior to the Interim Period), the Purchase Consideration will be reduced by a Rand amount
per share equal to that distribution per share. However, should any distribution be declared but not
paid by BCC during the Interim Period, the Sale Shares will be sold cum such distribution and the
Purchaser shall be entitled to such distribution.
The Purchase Consideration will be settled wholly in cash on the Closing Date.
7. Suspensive conditions
The implementation of the Proposed Transaction remains subject to the fulfilment and/or waiver,
as the case may be, of various suspensive conditions which are market-standard relating to, among
others, the conclusion of the final funding documents required to enable the Purchaser to discharge
its payment obligations in respect of the Proposed Transaction, and the waiver or expiry of the pre-
emptive rights contained in the BCC Shareholders Agreement by the remaining BCC shareholders,
as well as customary regulatory and commercial conditions (including the approval of the Proposed
Transaction by the Shareholders). The Proposed Transaction is also subject to a customary
material adverse change condition.
8. Other significant terms
The Sale and Purchase Agreement contains warranties and indemnities that are expected for a
transaction of this nature.
9. Use of proceeds
Shareholders are referred to the Group's SENS announcement of 16 November 2022, regarding
the conclusion of the Group’s debt restructuring in South Africa, resulting in a new term debt facility
of R1,350,000,000 and an overnight facility of R650,000,000. Net proceeds from the Proposed
Transaction will be utilised to largely settle the term debt.
10. Effective Date
The parties are targeting implementation of the Proposed Transaction in the first quarter of 2023,
subject to the fulfilment of the suspensive conditions.
11. JSE Categorisation
As set out above, the Proposed Transaction has been categorised as a Category 1 transaction in
terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE and, accordingly, approval by Shareholders is
required by way of an ordinary resolution which will require the support of more than 50% of the
voting rights exercised on the resolution at a shareholders meeting. The Purchaser is not to a
related party and there are, accordingly, no related party transaction implications in terms of the
Listings Requirements of the JSE.
12. Financial information
The financial information below has been extracted from the audited financial information of Murray
& Roberts (prepared in terms of the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)) for the
year ended 30 June 2022.
The fair value of the Company’s effective interest in BCC recorded in its annual financial statements
at 30 June 2022 amounted to R1,442,200,000. The fair value of the investment in BCC was
determined using level 3 inputs per IFRS 13: Fair Value Measurement.
During the year ended 30 June 2022, Murray & Roberts increased the fair value of its effective
interest in BCC by R193,000,000. Further, Murray & Roberts cash flows benefitted by the receipt
of R185,000,000 of ordinary dividends from BCC.
13. Distribution of circular
A circular containing the full details of the Proposed Transaction, and incorporating a notice
convening a shareholders meeting, will be distributed to Shareholders in due course. The salient
dates and times of the Proposed Transaction, including the date of the Shareholders meeting, will
be announced on the Stock Exchange News Services at the time of distributing the circular.
For further information contact:
Ed Jardim
Group Investor and Media Executive
E-mail: ed.jardim@murrob.com
Bedfordview
1 December 2022
Lead Financial Advisor: Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its Investment Bank
Financial Advisor and Transaction Sponsor: The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Legal Advisor: Webber Wentzel
Independent Reporting Accountant: PricewaterhouseCoopers