Appendix 3B
16 March 2009
Companies Announcement Office
Australian Stock Exchange Limited
20 Bond Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
By E-Lodgement
APPENDIX 3B
Please find attached an Appendix 3B.
Yours faithfully
PETER LANDAU
Director
Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5
Appendix 3B
New issue announcement,
application for quotation of additional securities
and agreement
Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as
available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may
be made public.
Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/
2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003.
Name of entity
RANGE RESOURCES LIMITED
ABN
88 002 522 009
We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
Part 1 - All issues
You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough
space).
1 +Class of +securities Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
issued or to be issued
Listed Options (A$0.05 cents, 31 December 2011)
("Attaching Options")
2 Number of +securities 15,145,171 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
issued or to be issued (if
known) or maximum number 11,358,878 Attaching Options
which may be issued
3 Principal terms of the 15,145,171 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
+securities (eg, if
options, exercise price 11,358,878 Attaching Options
and expiry date; if partly (A$0.05 cents, 31 December 2011)
paid +securities, the
amount outstanding and due
dates for payment; if
+convertible securities,
the conversion price and
dates for conversion)
4 Do the +securities rank Yes
equally in all respects
from the date of allotment
with an existing +class of
quoted +securities?
If the additional
securities do not rank
equally, please state:
* the date from which
they do
* the extent to which
they participate for
the next dividend, (in
the case of a trust,
distribution) or
interest payment
* the extent to which
they do not rank
equally, other than in
relation to the next
dividend, distribution
or interest payment
5 Issue price or Exercise of Options at $0.015 each
consideration
6 Purpose of the issue Conversion of Options
(If issued as
consideration for the
acquisition of assets,
clearly identify those
assets)
7 Dates of entering 16 March 2009
+securities into
uncertificated holdings or
despatch of certificates
Number +Class
8 Number and +class of all 224,450,115 Ordinary fully paid shares (RRS)
+securities quoted on ASX
(including the securities 64,901,186 Listed Options (RRSOA)(A$1.00, 1 October 2010)
in clause 2 if applicable)
37,521,996 Attaching Options ($A0.05, 31 December 2011)
Number +Class
9 Number and +class of all 3,177,029 Unlisted Options (A$0.50, 30 June 2012)
+securities not quoted on
ASX (including the 89,507,301 New Options (A$0.015, 31 May 2009)
securities in clause 2 if
applicable)
10 Dividend policy (in the Not applicable
case of a trust,
distribution policy) on
the increased capital
(interests)
Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue
11 Is security holder approval N/A
required?
12 Is the issue renounceable or N/A
non-renounceable?
13 Ratio in which the +securities N/A
will be offered
14 +Class of +securities to which N/A
the offer relates
15 +Record date to determine N/A
entitlements
16 Will holdings on different N/A
registers (or subregisters) be
aggregated for calculating
entitlements?
17 Policy for deciding entitlements N/A
in relation to fractions
18 Names of countries in which the N/A
entity has +security holders who
will not be sent new issue
documents
Note: Security holders must be
told how their entitlements are
to be dealt with.
Cross reference: rule 7.7.
19 Closing date for receipt of N/A
acceptances or renunciations
20 Names of any underwriters N/A
21 Amount of any underwriting fee or N/A
commission
22 Names of any brokers to the issue N/A
23 Fee or commission payable to the N/A
broker to the issue
24 Amount of any handling fee N/A
payable to brokers who lodge
acceptances or renunciations on
behalf of +security holders
25 If the issue is contingent on N/A
+security holders' approval, the
date of the meeting
26 Date entitlement and acceptance N/A
form and prospectus or Product
Disclosure Statement will be sent
to persons entitled
27 If the entity has issued options, N/A
and the terms entitle option
holders to participate on
exercise, the date on which
notices will be sent to option
holders
28 Date rights trading will begin N/A
(if applicable)
29 Date rights trading will end (if N/A
applicable)
30 How do +security holders sell N/A
their entitlements in full
through a broker?
31 How do +security holders sell N/A
part of their entitlements
through a broker and accept for
the balance?
32 How do +security holders dispose N/A
of their entitlements (except by
sale through a broker)?
33 +Despatch date N/A
Part 3 - Quotation of securities
You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of
securities
34 Type of securities
(tick one)
(a) Securities described in Part 1
(b) All other securities
Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed
period, partly paid securities that become fully paid,
employee incentive share securities when restriction ends,
securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible
securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(a)
Additional securities forming a new class of securities
Tick to indicate you are providing
the information or documents
35 If the +securities are +equity securities, the names of
the 20 largest holders of the additional +securities, and
the number and percentage of additional +securities held
by those holders
36 If the +securities are +equity securities, a distribution
schedule of the additional +securities setting out the
number of holders in the categories
1 - 1,000
1,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 10,000
10,001 - 100,000
100,001 and over
37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional +securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(b)
38 Number of securities for which
+quotation is sought
39 Class of +securities for which
quotation is sought
40 Do the +securities rank equally
in all respects from the date of
allotment with an existing +class
of quoted +securities?
If the additional securities do
not rank equally, please state:
* the date from which they do
* the extent to which they
participate for the next
dividend, (in the case of a
trust, distribution) or
interest payment
* the extent to which they do
not rank equally, other than
in relation to the next
dividend, distribution or
interest payment
41 Reason for request for quotation
now
Example: In the case of
restricted securities, end of
restriction period
(if issued upon conversion of
another security, clearly
identify that other security)
Number +Class
42 Number and +class of all
+securities quoted on ASX
(including the securities in
clause 38)
Quotation agreement
1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX's absolute discretion. ASX
may quote the +securities on any conditions it decides.
2 We warrant the following to ASX.
• The issue of the +securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not
for an illegal purpose.
• There is no reason why those +securities should not be granted +quotation.
• An offer of the +securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will
not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the
Corporations Act.
Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for
the securities in order to be able to give this warranty
• Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any
applications received by us in relation to any +securities to be quoted and
that no-one has any right to return any +securities to be quoted under sections
737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the
+securities be quoted.
• We warrant that if confirmation is required under section 1017F of the
Corporations Act in relation to the +securities to be quoted, it has been
provided at the time that we request that the +securities be quoted.
• If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the
+securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the
time that we request that the +securities be quoted.
3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of
any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the
warranties in this agreement.
4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any
information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before
+quotation of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the
information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and
complete.
Sign here:
Date: 16 March 2009
Print name: PETER LANDAU, DIRECTOR