Goldcorp Inc. | ||
(Translation of registrants name into English) | ||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
GOLDCORP INC. |
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By: | /s/ Anna M. Tudela | |||
Name: | Anna M. Tudela | |||
Title: | Director, Legal and Assistant Corporate Secretary | |||
Date: February 26, 2007
1. | Name and Address of Company | |
Goldcorp Inc. (Goldcorp) Park Place, Suite 3400, 666 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2X8 |
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2. | Date of Material Change | |
February 19, 2007 | ||
3. | News Release | |
A news release with respect to the material change referred to in this report was issued through CCN Matthews on February 19, 2007 and filed on the system for electronic document analysis and retrieval (SEDAR). | ||
4. | Summary of Material Change | |
Goldcorp announced that it has signed a letter of intent on February 15, 2007 (Letter Agreement) to sell its Peak mine in Australia and its Amapari mine in Brazil to GPJ Ventures Ltd. (GPJ), which will change its name to Peak Gold Ltd. (Peak Gold) on or before the closing date in connection with the transaction. The Peak mine and Amapari mine are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Mines. Goldcorp will be recording an impairment charge of approximately $170 million in its 2006 year-end earnings as a result of this transaction. | ||
5. | Full Description of Material Change | |
Goldcorp announced that it has signed a letter of intent on February 19, 2007 to sell its Peak mine in Australia and its Amapari mine in Brazil to GPJ, which will change its name to Peak Gold Ltd. on or before the closing date in connection with the transaction. Goldcorps forecast for 2007 gold production at Peak mine is approximately 120,000 ounces. Amapari mine is expected to produce approximately 95,000 gold ounces in 2007. Proven and probable reserves at Amapari mine have been revised downward to 485,000 gold ounces as at December 31, 2006, reflecting the exclusion of sulfide mineralization previously included in proven and probable reserves. As a result, Goldcorp will record an impairment charge of approximately $170 million in its 2006 year-end earnings. |
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Under the terms of the agreement, Goldcorp will receive from Peak Gold US$200 million in cash and US$100 million payable through the issuance of 155,000,000 Peak Gold common shares (the Share Consideration). Upon completion of the sale, Goldcorp will own approximately 24% of Peak Gold. The closing is expected to occur on or before May 15, 2007. Pursuant to its Mandate Agreement with Endeavor Financial, Peak Gold has agreed to issue five (5) million common shares to Endeavor on closing of the Acquisition in lieu of the two percent fee required under the Mandate Agreement. | ||
Certain Material Provisions of the Letter Agreement | ||
Sale of Peak Gold Shares | ||
Goldcorp has agreed that it will not sell any of the Peak Gold common shares comprising the Share Consideration for one year from closing and thereafter it will not sell more than 500,000 common shares comprising the Share Consideration per calendar month, except in certain circumstances. | ||
Conditions | ||
Completion of the transaction is subject to entering into definitive agreements, approval by Peak Gold disinterested shareholders, the receipt of regulatory approvals and Peak Gold having completed a CDN $277.5 million equity financing to fund, inter alia, the cash portion of the purchase price. | ||
Right to Board Nominee | ||
On closing, Goldcorp will have the right to nominate a director to the board of directors of Peak Gold for so long as Goldcorp owns, directly or indirectly, not less than 15% of the outstanding shares of Peak Gold. Julio Carvalho, currently the Executive Vice President of South America for Goldcorp, will be appointed as Chief Executive Office of Peak Gold and as a director of Peak Gold. | ||
Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation | ||
Peak Gold shall enter into a non-competition agreement with Goldcorp whereby, for a period of three (3) years, it will not, directly or indirectly, acquire any mineral assets in Mexico or elsewhere in the Americas, other than pursuant to certain agreed to exceptions. | ||
Peak Gold has also agreed to enter into a non-solicitation agreement for a period of three (3) years whereby it will not, either directly or indirectly, solicit any employees of Goldcorp, or its affiliates and subsidiaries, other than those employees working at the Mines. | ||
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements | ||
This material change report contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward- |
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looking information under applicable Canadian Securities legislation. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, statements and information made with respect to the completion of the transaction, and the estimated impairment charge related to Amapari mine. Generally, these forward-looking statements and forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as plans, expects or does not expect, is expected, budget, scheduled, estimates, forecasts, intends, anticipates or does not anticipate, or believes, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, might or will be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements are and forward looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Goldcorp to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, such as those factors discussed in the section entitled Description of the Business Risk Factors in Goldcorps Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2005, available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although Goldcorp has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. Goldcorp does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements or forward looking information that is included herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. |
6. | Reliance on Subsection 7.1(2) and (3) of National Instrument 51-102 | |
Not applicable. | ||
7. | Omitted Information | |
Not applicable. | ||
8. | Executive Officer | |
For further information contact Charles Jeannes, Executive Vice President Corporate Development of Goldcorp at (604) 696-3000. | ||
9. | Date of Report | |
February 26, 2007 |