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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April
29,
2008
Colombia Goldfields Ltd. |
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) | |||||
Delaware |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | |||||
000-51013 | 76-0730088 | ||||
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||
208-8 King Street East, Toronto,
Ontario Canada |
M5C 1B5 | ||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||
(416) 361-9640 | |||||
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive
Agreement. On April 29, 2008, Compania Minera de Caldas S.A. (Caldas),
a 95% owned Colombian subsidiary of Colombia Goldfields Ltd. (the Company),
entered into an agreement (the Agreement) with Mineros S.A. (Mineros), a
corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Colombia and acting on
its own behalf and as representative of Eduardo Pacheco Cortes, Rodrigo Vasquez
Mejia, Alberto Velasquez Haupt, Alberto Mejia Hernandez, Carlos Urrutia
Valenzuela and Juan Manuel Urrutia Valenzuela (Mineros, together with the
individuals listed above, the Vendors), to amend the Stock Purchase Agreement
(the SPA) previously entered into between Caldas and the Vendors. Under the
terms of the SPA, Caldas agreed to purchase from the Vendors all of the issued
and outstanding shares of Mineros Nacionales S.A., a corporation organized under
the laws of the Republic of Colombia, for cash consideration of US$35.0 million.
The SPA provided that the transaction would be completed on April 29, 2008,
unless such date were extended by mutual agreement, and Caldas provided a
deposit guarantee in the amount of US$2.5 million which would be payable to the
Vendors if the transaction were not completed for any reason. Under the
terms of the Agreement, Caldas and the Vendors have agreed to extend the
completion date of the transaction to June 30, 2008, unless extended by mutual,
express agreement up to July 31, 2008, and Caldas has agreed to deposit a
further 20% of the purchase price (US$7 million) on or before May 15, 2008, with
the balance due upon closing. Caldas has also extended the US$2.5 million
deposit guarantee previously provided until July 31, 2008. In addition,
the Agreement provides that the balance of the purchase price payable upon
closing shall be payable in Colombian pesos based upon the benchmark exchange
rate in effect on the date such payment is made or the date on which the further
20% deposit is made, whichever is more advantageous to the Vendors. The Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The
SPA was disclosed in the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on February 4, 2008 and was filed as an exhibit to the Companys
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB on March 20, 2008. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) | Exhibits. | |
99.1 | Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2008, between Caldas and Mineros |
SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 5, 2008 | Colombia Goldfields Ltd. | ||
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By: |
/s/ James Kopperson |
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Name: | James Kopperson | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[logo:] CIA. MINERA DE CALDAS S.A.
Toronto, Canada. April 29, 2008
Ms. BEATRIZ E. URIBE RESTREPO
General Manager
MINEROS S.A.
Medellin, Colombia
Ref.: Closing Date
Dear Ms. Uribe:
In reply to your letter of April 25, 2008, with respect to our request for an extension of the Closing Date to June 30 or July 30, 2008, and further to our conversations in recent days, We hereby propose to you the following amendment to your proposed amendment to the original agreement:
1.
We accept the amendment to Paragraph 9 of Article 1 (Definitions) proposed by you with respect to the extension of the Bid Bond until the new Closing Date.
2.
We accept the amendment to Paragraph 15 of Article 1 (Definitions) proposed by you with respect to the Closing Date.
3.
With respect to the proposed amendment to Article 2.1 Sale of Shares, we propose the following language:
Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Agreement, including the amendments thereto, on the Closing Date the Sellers transfer to the Buyer and the Buyer acquires from the Sellers the Shares for Sale at the Transaction Price.
4.
With respect to the proposed amendment to Article 2.2 Transaction Price, we propose the following language:
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The Transaction Price is the Price of the Shares for Sale.
Payment of the Transaction Price shall be made as follows: No later than the first business day following May 14, 2008, the Buyer shall deposit as earnest money into the Mineros S.A. bank account specified in the Agreement twenty per cent (20%) of the Price of the Shares for Sale in Colombian pesos calculated as set forth below and via deposit of the remaining eighty per cent (80%) no later than two (2) days before the new Closing Date at Fiduciaria Colpatria S.A. or another fiduciary institution agreed upon by the Parties by mutual agreement, with the instruction for this institution to deliver them in the correct proportion according to the instructions given by Mineros S.A. as soon as Colpatria receives from the Sellers all the documents referred to in sections (i) and (ii) of Article 5.1. Sellers Actions of this Agreement, with the instructions that they be turned over to the latter. Since the Price of the Shares for Sale specified in Ex hibit A of the Agreement is stated in dollars of the United States of America, payment of the twenty per cent (20%) shall be converted to Colombian pesos, taking the benchmark market rate prevailing on the day on which the payment is made as the conversion factor, and delivery of the remaining eighty per cent (80%) to Fiduciaria Colpatria or another fiduciary institution agreed upon by the Parties by mutual agreement shall be converted into Colombian pesos taking the benchmark market rate prevailing on the day that that delivery is made as the conversion factor or it shall be converted into Colombian pesos taking the benchmark market rate prevailing on the date on which payment of the initial twenty per cent (20%) was made as the conversion factor, whichever is more advantageous to the Sellers. All costs in connection with the system for payment of the final eighty per cent (80%) shall be borne by Compañía Minera de Caldas S.A.
5.
With respect to the proposed amendment to Article 2.3 Closing, we propose the following language:
Transfer of ownership of the shares for Sale by the Sellers to the Buyer (the Closing) shall take place in Medellin on the date on which the Sellers deliver to Fiduciaria Colpatria S.A. or another fiduciary institution agreed upon by the Parties by mutual agreement all the documents referred to in sections (i) and (ii) of Article 5.1. Sellers Actions of this Agreement with the instruction to deliver them to the Buyer. The Closing Date shall be June 30, 2008. Nevertheless, the Parties may extend the Closing Date by mutual, express agreement, which must be recorded in writing, up to July 30, 2008, provided that on June 30, 2008, Compañía Minera de Caldas S.A. has not obtained all the authorizations it needs for the transaction through no failure or improper action of its own.
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6.
With respect to the proposed Implicit Amendments, we propose the following language:
The Parties agree that the other stipulations set forth in the Agreement are not amended and remain in full force.
7.
We accept the Additional Clause 2008 Profits that you proposed.
Finally, we attach hereto the extension of the Bid Bond as agreed.
If your principal and the other Sellers agree to the amendment to the Agreed as proposed herein, please so indicate to us by signing this letter as your indication of acceptance and express agreement as set forth in the Share Sale Agreement.
Cordial regards,
[signature]
THOMAS W. LOUGH
Alternate Legal Representative
Compañía Minera de Caldas S.A.
I ACCEPT:
[signature]
BEATRIZ URIBE RESTREPO
Acting as General Manager
Mineros S.A.
And representing:
EDUARDO PACHECO CORTES
RODRIGO VASQUEZ MEJIA
ALBERTO VELASQUEZ HAUPT
ALBERTÓ MEJIA HERNÁNDEZ
CARLOS URRUTIA VALENZUELA
JUAN MANUEL URRUTIA VALENZUELA
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[stamp:] 32561
Medellin, [stamp:] April 25, 2008
Compañía Minera de Caldas
Mr. Ian Park
Medellin
Dear Mr. Park:
In reply to your request to extend the period to close the purchase of shares of Mineros Nacionales S.A. by Compañía Minera de Caldas, S.A., I inform you that I have consulted with all the sellers of these shares, who have authorized me to offer you the following wording to amend the original agreement:
Paragraph 9 of Article 1 (Definitions) shall be as follows:
9.
Bid Bond shall mean the bid bond that the buyer submitted in envelope number 1 of the bid awarded to it and the extension of that bond until the new closing date that they must submit before this amendment.
Paragraph 15 of Article 1 (Definitions) shall read as follows:
15.
Closing date shall mean the date on which the act of closing takes place as set forth in this amendment.
Section 2.1 Sale of Shares of Article II (Sale) shall read as follows:
Section 2.1 Sale of Shares
Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this amendment, on the closing date the sellers transfer to the buyer and the buyer acquires from the sellers the shares for sale at the transaction price.
Cra. 43A No. 14-109 Ed. Nova Tempo 6th floor A.A. 51763
Telephone: (574) 266 57 57 Fax: (574) 268 28 58
E-mail: gerencia@mineros.com.co Medellin, Colombia
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Section 2.2. Transaction Price of Article II (Sale) shall read as follows:
The Transaction Price is the price of the shares for sale.
Payment of the transaction price shall be made as follows: No later than the first business day following May 14, 2008, the buyer shall deposit as earnest money into the Mineros S.A. bank account specified in the agreement twenty per cent (20%) of the price of the shares for sale in Colombian pesos calculated as set forth below and via deposit of the remaining eighty per cent (80%) no later than two (2) days before the new closing date at Fiduciaria Colpatria S.A. with the instruction for this institution to deliver them in the correct proportion according to the instructions given by Mineros S.A. as soon as Colpatria receives the sellers order to transfer the shares for sale in favor of the buyer with the instructions that they be turned over to the latter. Since the price of the shares for sale specified in Exhibit A of the original agreement is stated in dollars of the United States of America, payment of the twenty per cent (20%) shall be converted to Colombian pesos, taking the benchmark market rate prevailing on the day on which the payment is made as the conversion factor, and delivery of the remaining eighty per cent (80%) to Fiduciaria Colpatria shall be converted into Colombian pesos taking the benchmark market rate prevailing on the day that that delivery is made as the conversion factor or it shall be converted into Colombian pesos taking the benchmark market rate prevailing on the date on which payment of the initial twenty per cent (20%) was made as the conversion factor, whichever is more advantageous to the sellers. All costs in connection with the system for payment of the final eighty per cent (80%) shall be borne by Compañía Minera de Caldas S.A.
Section 2.3 Closing of Article II (Sale) shall read as follows:
Transfer of ownership of the shares for sale by the sellers to the buyer (the closing) shall take place in Medellin on the date on which the sellers deliver to Fiduciaria Colpatria S.A. the order to transfer the shares with the instructions to deliver them to the buyer. The closing date shall be June 30, 2008. Nevertheless, the parties may postpone the closing date by mutual, express agreement, which must be recorded in writing, up to July 30, 2008, provided that on June 30, 2008 Compañía Minera de
Cra. 43A No. 14-109 Ed. Nova Tempo 6th floor A.A. 51763
Telephone: (574) 266 57 57 Fax: (574) 268 28 58
E-mail: gerencia@mineros.com.co Medellin, Colombia
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Caldas S.A. has not obtained all the authorizations it needs for the transaction through no failure or improper action of its own.
ADDITIONAL CLAUSES
IMPLICIT AMENDMENTS. The other contractual conditions not expressly amended in this document shall be understood as amended, insofar as they are broader, restricted or contradictory with it, to have the meaning most appropriate for the new clauses.
2008 PROFITS. The buyer agrees that the profits accrued to Mineros Nacionales S.A. between January 1, 2008 and the closing date are the sellers.
If you agree to the proposed amendments, please return this document to us duly signed along with the extension of the bid bond.
Sincerely,
[signature]
Beatriz E. Uribe R.
General Manager
Cra. 43A No. 14-109 Ed. Nova Tempo 6th floor A.A. 51763
Telephone: (574) 266 57 57 Fax: (574) 268 28 58
E-mail: gerencia@mineros.com.co Medellin, Colombia
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