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Key Points
- All-share scheme at 0.0207 Lynas shares per Meteoric share; A$968m implied equity value
- Implied A$0.316 per Meteoric share, 64.2% premium to Meteoric 60-day VWAP
- Meteoric board unanimously recommends subject to independent expert and no Superior Proposal
- Lynas interim loan facility up to A$110m, with initial A$35m after SID execution
- Scheme Meeting targeted January 2027; implementation by March 2027 if approved
About Lynas (ASX:LYC)
Lynas Rare Earths Ltd is an ASX-listed rare earths producer headquartered in Perth. It mines and concentrates rare earth ore at Mount Weld in Western Australia, processes concentrate to mixed rare earth carbonate at its Kalgoorlie facility, and separates individual rare earth products, principally the neodymium-praseodymium used in permanent magnets, at its plant in Malaysia. It is one of the few significant producers of separated rare earths outside China.
Lynas (ASX:LYC) Rare Earths and Meteoric Resources entered a binding Scheme Implementation Deed under which Lynas proposes to acquire 100% of Meteoric by court-approved scheme of arrangement, bringing Meteoric's Caldeira Rare Earth Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, into Lynas.
Consideration is all-share at 0.0207 Lynas shares per Meteoric share, implying an equity deal value of A$968m on a fully diluted 60-day Lynas VWAP basis of $15.29 per share, or A$0.316 per Meteoric share, a 64.2% premium to Meteoric's 60-day VWAP. Implied prices are also A$0.286 (68.4% premium to Meteoric's last close of A$0.170) and A$0.310 (57.6% premium to the 30-day VWAP). Meteoric's board unanimously recommends the Scheme absent a Superior Proposal and subject to an independent expert concluding it is in shareholders' best interests; directors holding 2.6% and Tolga Kumova associated entities holding about 6.7% intend to vote in favour on the same basis. Meteoric shareholders would own about 5.9% of the pro forma entity. Lynas will provide an interim unsecured loan facility of up to A$110m, with an initial A$35m available after SID execution. On Meteoric figures cited in the release, Caldeira could add average life-of-mine production of about 3,862 tonnes of NdPr and 127 tonnes of DyTb.
Conditions include the independent expert conclusion, Brazilian National Council change-of-control approval, and Meteoric shareholder and Court approvals. A Scheme Booklet is intended for December 2026, a Scheme Meeting for January 2027, and implementation by March 2027 if approved; timelines are indicative.
Source: Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:LYC), 1 October 2026. Summary content supplied by Digifin Pty Ltd.
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