Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has satisfied the 50.1% minimum acceptance condition of the takeover offer of A$0.95 cash per share for all of the issued shares of AWE Limited (the "Offer"), which was announced in "Takeover Offer to Acquire AWE Limited, an Oil and Gas Company in Australia" dated 5 February, 2018 and extended in "Notification of Extension on Takeover Offer to Acquire AWE Limited, an Oil and Gas Company in Australia" dated 15 March, 2018. Mitsui has freed the Offer of all defeating conditions and accordingly, the Offer is now unconditional.
The Offer is automatically extended for another 2 weeks, and therefore scheduled to be completed on 18 April, 2018 and the number of shares and amounts acquired will be promptly announced following completion.