"Simmers
would like to reassure its shareholders, employees and other stakeholders that
the press release issued by Vulisango
Holdings (Pty) Limited on 16 November 2009 contains inaccuracies and is
intentionally misleading. We will be providing more detail in this regard
at our results presentation on Thursday 19 November 2009," said Simmer
& Jack Mines Limited Managing Director of Gold
Operations, Deon van der Mescht.
SENS RELEASE
SIM - Simmer &
Jack Mines, - Simmers confirms receipt of a notice
Simmer & Jack
Mines,
Limited
(Incorporated in
the Republic of South
Africa)
(Registration
number
1924/007778/06)
Share code:
SIM
ISIN Code:
ZAE000006722
("Simmers"
or the
"company")
SIMMERS CONFIRMS
RECEIPT OF A
NOTICE
Simmers confirms
that it has received a notice from the joint provisional liquidators of Xelexwa Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited (in liquidation)
and a letter on a Vulisango Holdings (Pty) Limited
("Vulisango") letterhead signed by the CEO
of Vulisango, Mr Valence Watson ("notice").
The notice calls on Simmers to convene an extraordinary general meeting of
Simmers shareholders for the purpose
of:
-
proposing the appointment of eight new directors to the Simmers board
of directors ("Simmers board");
and
-
removing four of the current six Simmers board
members, namely Messrs Brunette, Berry,
Miller and Meyer.
The company is
reviewing the notice and shareholders will be informed of any developments
in due course. Shareholders are referred to the announcement released on
the Securities Exchange News Service ("SENS") on 21 September
2009 and to the `Chairman's letter to shareholders' dated 2 October 2009,
released on SENS on the same day, all of which are available on the company's
website, www.simmers.co.za, for further information.
As part of its
ongoing commitment to transformation, the Simmers Nominations Committee is
making good progress in identifying suitable historically disadvantaged
South African candidates to replace those directors who resigned.
For further
information please
contact:
Gail Strauss
(Communications)
+27 82 936
8481
Nick Goodwin
(Investor relations) +27 83 629
8605
Brunswick (on behalf of
Simmers)
Byron Kennedy /
Marina Bidoli +27 11 502
7400
Johannesburg
16 November
2009
MACQUARIE FIRST SOUTH ADVISERS (PTY)
LIMITED
Sponsor
Date: 16/11/2009
16:19:02 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS AND QUARTER ENDED
30 SEPTEMBER 2009
Webcast and Conference Call, 19 November 2009
Gordon Miller, CEO of Simmer & Jack Mines Limited
invites you to join a webcast for a presentation of the Company?s interim results for the six months ended 30
September 2009.
The webcast will commence at 3 p.m. (SA time), 8 a.m.
(EST) on 19 November 2009, the day of the results announcement.
This will be followed by a Q&A session
A teleconference facility for both the webcast and
Q&A will also be available ? please
see the details below.
Webcast:
Please go to www.simmers.co.za at 3 p.m. (SA Time) 8a.m. (EST) on 19 November where
the presentation and Q&A may be followed online.
Conference call:
The dial in for call participants are as follows:
Johannesburg (Telkom):
+27 11 535
3600
South
Africa
Toll-Free: 0 800 200
648
UK
Toll-Free: 0 800 917 7042
Australia
Toll-Free:
+1 800 350 100
Canada
Toll-Free:
+1 866 605 3852
USA
Toll-Free: +1 800 860 2442
Other: +27 11 535 3600
Playback Numbers: playback code 2544#
Johannesburg: +27
11 305 2030
UK
Toll-Free: 0 808 234 6771
AU
Toll-Free: +1 800 091 250
USA: +1 412 317 0088
Other: +27 11 305 2030
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to
contact:
Iris Pilane / Zubeir
Shah: +
27 11 502 7400
Gail
Strauss:
+ 27 11 830
0390