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Hargreaves

March 2007

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  • Epic Code:
  • HSP
  • Price:
  • 515p
Spiking the shares over £5 was news that Hargreaves was buying Maltby Colliery from UK Coal for £21.5m ( and assuming a pension deficit of £8.6m). The acquisition is being funded by a placing of 2.37m shares at 469p to raise £11.1m with the balance from increased bank debt. Proforma net debt rises to around £29m for interest cover of 6.7x. Contemporaneously with the acquisition, a three year contract with Drax Power has been signed which will account for 60% of 2007 output, underpinning revenue going forward. Based in South Yorkshire, Maltby Colliery has been a working mine since the 1900s and during this time four seams have been worked via three shafts. Only one seam has been worked since 1992. ...

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