The Panel has made a final decision on the application brought by Reliable Power Inc in relation to Reliable's off market cash takeover bid for Pinnacle VRB Limited and the announcement by Pinnacle on 29 March 2001, that it has granted a licence to Vanteck (VRB) Technology Corp to market, sell, manufacture and utilise Pinnacle's Vanadium Redox Battery technology within Canada, the United States, Central and South America (the Vanteck Transaction).

The Takeovers Panel has published its reasons for declining to consider a third application concerning the takeover bid announced on 15 March by Majestic Resources for all of the shares in Diamond Company NL. The application was made by Majestic on May 2001. It alleged deficiencies in the valuation of Namakwa of shares in Namakwa's target's statement.

The Panel advised on 11 May 2001 that it considered that the nature of the matters raised in Majestic's application meant that they may be appropriately raised by Majestic in a response to Namakwa's target's statement.

The Takeovers Panel has received an application to review its decision to decline to consider a third application concerning the takeover bid announced on 15 March by Majestic Resources for all of the shares in Diamond Company NL. The application for review is made by Majestic, which made the previous application.

The Panel advises that it has published its reasons for declaring that circumstances in relation to Majestic Resources' (Majestic ) off market takeover bid for the ordinary shares in Namakwa Diamond Company (Namakwa ) were unacceptable. The declaration was made on 26 April in response to an application by Namakwa received on 30 March.

The Panel declared that Majestic's disclosure in its bidder's statement and the accompanying letter from the Chairman of Majestic contained a number of deficiencies, including:

The Takeovers Panel advises that it has published its reasons in relation to an application from Troy Resources for a declaration of unacceptable circumstances and orders in relation to St Barbara Mines' takeover bid for Taipan Resources. The Panel received the application on 27 February 2001 and made its decision on 16 March 2001.

The application asserted that the disclosure in St Barbara's bidder's statement was deficient in a number of respects, including:

The Panel yesterday declined an application by Alpha Healthcare Ltd (Alpha) in relation to the takeover bid by Ramsay Centauri P/L (Ramsay) for all of the shares in Alpha.

The Review Panel in relation to Pinnacle No. 6 advises that it has published its reasons for upholding the declaration of unacceptable circumstances made by the sitting Panel in Pinnacle VRB Limited No. 4 (Pinnacle No. 4), but now allowing Reliable Power Inc (Reliable) to proceed with its off market takeover offer for the ordinary shares in Pinnacle VRB Limited (Pinnacle) (the Bid). The Panel received an application for the review of the decision of the sitting Panel in Pinnacle No.