Turquoise Hill Announces Postponement Of The Special Meeting Regarding Proposed Arrangement With Rio Tinto To November 8, 2022

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | November 01, 2022 09:58am

• The Special Meeting of Turquoise Hill shareholders is postponed to 10:30 a.m. (Eastern time) November 8, 2022 at the request of Rio Tinto
• Deadline to vote by proxy is extended to 10:30 a.m. (Eastern time) on November 4, 2022 and the deadline for registered shareholders to file notices of dissent is extended to 12:00 noon (Eastern time) on November 7, 2022
• Shareholders who have questions about the Arrangement or need assistance with voting their Turquoise Hill shares should contact Kingsdale Advisors at 1‑888‑370‑3955 (toll-free within North America) or by calling collect at 416-867-2272 (outside of North America) or by email at contactus@kingsdaleadvisors.com

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) (NYSE:TRQ) ("Turquoise Hill" or the "Company") announced today that pursuant to a request from Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited ("Rio Tinto") the Company has postponed to 10:30 a.m. (Eastern time) on November 8, 2022 the special meeting of Turquoise Hill shareholders (the "Special Meeting") that was initially scheduled for November 1, 2022 to consider, and if deemed advisable, to pass the special resolution (the "Arrangement Resolution") to approve the proposed statutory plan of arrangement, pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all applicable conditions precedent, Rio Tinto will acquire the approximately 49% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Turquoise Hill that Rio Tinto and its affiliates do not currently own (the "Minority Shares") for C$43.00 per share in cash (the "Arrangement").

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