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These are the reasons for our decision to make a declaration of unacceptable circumstances on the application by Troy Resources NL under section 657C of the Corporations Law dated 27 February 2001 for a declaration of unacceptable circumstances and orders in relation to a takeover bid by St Barbara Mines Limited for Taipan Resources NL.

Panel Publishes Reasons for Declining to Consider Further Application in Relation to Majestic Resources' Bid for Namakwa Diamond Company

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.

Panel Receives Review Application in Relation to Decision on Majestic Resources' Bid for Namakwa Diamond Company

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.

Panel Publishes Reasons for Declaration of Unacceptable Circumstances in Relation to Majestic Resources' Bid for Namakwa Diamond Company

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:

Panel Publishes Reasons in Relation to Troy's Application Regarding St Barbara's Takeover Bid for Taipan

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:

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On 1 May 2001, following a review of the decision made by the Corporations and Securities Panel in relation to Pinnacle VRB Limited No. 4, we decided to allow Reliable Power Inc to proceed with its off market takeover offer for the ordinary shares in Pinnacle VRB Limited, subject to Reliable providing further disclosure of its funding arrangements to the shareholders of Pinnacle. At the same time, we also affirmed the declaration of unacceptable circumstances made by the Panel in Pinnacle No. 4.

These are our reasons for that decision.

Panel Publishes Reasons for Allowing Reliable's Bid to Proceed

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.

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On 11 May 2001, we decided that we had received insufficient evidence supporting the application by Majestic to commence proceedings on its allegations of deficiencies in the valuation of Namakwa in the independent expert's report prepared by Ernst & Young Corporate Finance Pty Ltd which accompanied the target statement issued by Namakwa on 23 April 2001.

These are our reasons for that decision.

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These are the reasons for our decision to make a declaration of unacceptable circumstances on the application by Namakwa Diamond Company NL under section 657C of the Corporations Law received on 30 March 2001 for interim orders and a declaration of unacceptable circumstances in relation to a takeover bid by Majestic Resources NL.