Gold Fields to Acquire Yamana Gold - Transaction creates a top-4 global gold major with a diversified portfolio of high-quality, long-life assets with tangible near and long-term growth opportunities
- Strengthened financial and operational capacity with complementary cash flow and growth profiles
- Combined Group will be headquartered in Johannesburg with operations across South Africa, Ghana, Australia, Canada and South America
- All-share offer by Gold Fields at an Exchange Ratio of 0.6 Gold Fields Consideration Shares for each Yamana share implying a valuation for Yamana of US$6.7 billion
JOHANNESBURG AND TORONTO, May 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Fields Limited (JSE, NYSE: GFI) (“Gold Fields”) and Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI; NYSE:AUY; LSE:AUY) (“Yamana”), today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”), under which Gold Fields will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Yamana (“Yamana Shares”) pursuant to a plan of arrangement (the “Transaction”).