Equity Interest in Uranium One of Canada
10 February 2009 - 8:02PM
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Toshiba Corporation
10 February 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 2009
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
Toshiba Corporation
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Tokyo Electric Power, Toshiba and Japan Bank for International Cooperation
to Acquire 19.95% Equity Interest in Uranium One of Canada
- Establishment of Long Term Strategic Alliance with Strategic Relationship
Agreement and Uranium Offtake Agreement -
Tokyo - The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated (TEPCO) (TOKYO: 9501),
Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) (TOKYO: 6502), and the Japan Bank for
International Cooperation (JBIC), the international wing of the Japan Finance
Corporation, today announced a joint investment in Uranium One Inc. (U1)
(UUU.TO), a major, Canadian-listed producer and marketer of uranium. TEPCO,
Toshiba and JBIC have agreed to subscribe to a new share issue of 117 million
shares in U1, at a price of Cdn$2.30 per share, equal to approximately Cdn$270
million (about 20.2 billion yen(1)) in total. Concurrently, TEPCO, Toshiba and
JBIC have also signed a strategic relationship agreement (SRA) with U1, and a
Uranium Offtake Agreement.
The full share issue will be taken up by Japan Uranium Management Inc. (JUMI), a
special purpose entity established by the three Japanese companies in British
Columbia, Canada. Once JUMI completes the transaction, U1's outstanding shares
will total 586.61 million, and JUMI will have a holding of about 19.95%. TEPCO
and Toshiba will each hold 40% of JUMI's shares, and JBIC will hold 20%.
In order to further deepen and develop their long-term strategic
relationship with U1, the three Japanese companies intend to appoint two
representatives to serve on U1's board, and to send other personnel to the
company; establish a joint committee to discuss strategic issues; and evaluate
opportunities to jointly develop uranium resources. The Japanese companies and
U1 will together develop and execute detailed action plans based on the SRA.
TEPCO operates a large scale nuclear generation program in Japan, and
pursues economically efficient means to optimize its uranium procurement,
including diversification of procurement channels, and will continue to enhance
its fuel procurement activities, especially in front-end domains.
Toshiba strives to take advantage of every opportunity to promote initiatives
and programs to satisfy demand for uranium for the Group's utility customers on
a global basis.
JBIC aims to support activities to secure uranium resources for Japan and to
maintain and improve international competitiveness within the nuclear industry
of Japan. From this perspective, JBIC supports this first-ever equity
investment by Japanese companies in a major uranium company as a joint investor,
and seeks to sustain U1's businesses by drawing on its own experience and
capabilities, based on an existing relationship, to have dialogue directly with
Kazakhstan where U1 has mining sites.
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Note:
(1): Calculated at an exchange rate of 75 yen to the Canadian dollar for
convenience only.
Further details are available in the attached PDF file.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0652N_-2009-2-10.pdf
Press contacts:
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| The Tokyo Electric Power | Corporate Communications |
| Company, Incorporated | Department Tel: |
| | 03-6373-1111 (ext.6234) |
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| Toshiba Corporation | Corporate Communications Office |
| | Tel: 03-3457-2105 |
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| The Japan Bank for International | Press and External Affairs |
| Cooperation | Division, |
| | Corporate Planning Department Tel: |
| | 03-5218-3100 |
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