TP02/029

Panel Publishes Reasons in Relation to Ballarat Goldfields

The Panel advises that it has published the reasons for its decision on 13 May 2002 to make a declaration of unacceptable circumstances in relation to a break fee that Ballarat Goldfields NL (BGF) agreed to pay to Rexadis Pty Ltd (Rexadis). The Panel ordered that BGF not pay the break fee, and that Rexadis not acquire the shares which are the subject of the break fee, nor any other benefit in substitution for the break fee.