The Panel has received an application from Mesa Minerals Limited dated 13 April 2010 in relation to its affairs.

On 1 February 2010, Mighty River International Limited and other Mesa shareholders requisitioned a general meeting of Mesa - proposing resolutions to replace a majority of the current Mesa directors with their own nominees. These resolutions were not approved at a general meeting of Mesa shareholders held on 26 March 2010.

The Takeovers Panel has today published revised Procedural Rules.

The Panel today published the reasons for its decision on an application dated 7 April 2010 from Peabody Energy Corporation in relation to the affairs of Macarthur Coal Limited.

Details of the Panel's decision can be found at TP10/14.

The Panel's reasons for its decisions are on the Panel's website.

The sitting Panel was Hamish Douglass (sitting President), Paula Dwyer and David Friedlander.

The Panel has met to consider the application dated 7 April 2010 from Peabody Energy Corporation in relation to the affairs of Macarthur Coal Limited.

The Panel received an application dated 9 April 2010 from New Hope Corporation Limited in relation to the affairs of Macarthur Coal Limited.

The Panel has declined to conduct proceedings on an application dated 7 April 2010 from Peabody Energy Corporation in relation to the affairs of Macarthur Coal Limited.

The Panel has received an application dated 7 April 2010 from Peabody Energy Corporation in relation to the affairs of Macarthur Coal Limited.

Tomorrow marks the 10 year anniversary of the Panel's role as the main forum for resolving takeover disputes in Australia. The Panel in its current form was established on 13 March 2000.

The Takeovers Panel welcomes the recent announcement by the Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law of the reappointment of 11 members and the appointment of 10 new members to the Panel, for a term of 3 years commencing 8 March 2010.

The Takeovers Panel today published revised versions of Guidance Notes 7, 12, 14 and 17.