The Board of Minmet notes the recent rise in the Company's share price and
confirms that it is in talks with a third party, which may or may not lead to an
offer being made for the entire issued share capital of the Company.
Discussions are continuing, and a further announcement will be made when
appropriate.
Consequently the Company is considered to be in an 'offer period' as defined in
the Irish Takeover Panel Act, Takeover Rules 2007 (the 'Rules'), and the dealing
disclosure requirements listed below will apply.
The Company confirms that it has 92,208,000 ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 each in
issue. The ISIN reference for these securities is IE00B1KDSD45.
The Directors of the Company accept responsibility for the information contained
in this announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Directors
of the Company (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the
case) the information contained in this announcement is in accordance with the
facts and does not omit anything likely to impact the import of this
announcement.