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Monday, January 14, 2013

Canada's Uranium One to go private in $1.3 billion deal, (NYSE: TRI), (TSE: TRI.TO), (TSE: UUU.TO)

Uranium One Inc, Canada's No.2 uranium producer, said it has entered into an agreement with Russia's JSC Atomredmetzoloto and its affiliate, Effective Energy N.V., collectively termed ARMZ, to go private in a deal that values the company at C$2.74 billion ($2.79 billion).The company said that ARMZ will purchase all the common shares that ARMZ and its affiliates do not already own for C$2.86 per share, a premium of 19 percent over the stock's Friday close.ARMZ and its affiliates, who currently own 51.4 percent of Uranium One's common shares, will buy the remaining shares at C$1.33 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data.The Toronto-based miner owns assets in Kazakhstan, the United States and Australia, and is the operator of the Mkuju River project in Tanzania.

Thomson Reuters Corporation (Thomson Reuters) is a provider of information for the world?s businesses and professionals. Shares of TRI traded higher by 0.41% or $0.12/share to $29.70. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $26.20 and as high as $30.66. On average, 719351 shares of TRI exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 402582.

Thomson Reuters Corporation (Thomson Reuters) is a provider of information for the world?s businesses and professionals. Shares of TRI remained unchanged at $29.27. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $26.47 and as high as $30.25. On average, 850506 shares of TRI.TO exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 533762.

Uranium One Inc., (Uranium One) along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of properties for the production of uranium in Kazakhstan, the United States, Tanzania and Australia. Shares of UUU remained unchanged at $2.41. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $1.78 and as high as $3.45. On average, 5632920 shares of UUU.TO exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1540368.



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