17 April 2015
Company Announcements Office
Australian Securities Exchange
PO Box 11224
Australia Square NSW 2000
Jason Preston and Matthew Caddy of McGrathNicol have been appointed joint and several Receivers and
Managers ("Receivers"), and Stephen Parbery and Marcus Ayres of PPB Advisory have been appointed Voluntary Administrators ("Administrators") to NewSat Limited ("NewSat")" (ASX Code: NWT) by its secured creditors on 17 April 2015.
The Receivers and Administrators are also appointed over the following NewSat subsidiaries:
NSN Holdings Pty Ltd
NewSat Services Pty Ltd
Jabiru Satellite Holdings Pty Ltd
NewSat Space Resources Pty Ltd
NewSat Networks Pty Ltd
Jabiru Satellite Ltd
An emergency motion for temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction have been granted under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States on a temporary basis.
"The Receivers' immediate priority is to take control of the assets of NewSat, urgently assess its financial
position and progress the capital raising activities recently commenced by the company" Mr Preston said.
"In the interim, the operations of NewSat will continue on a business as usual basis".
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For all further enquires please contact:
Sefiani Communications Group
Ph: +61 2 8920 0700
Dylan Malloch
Mob: +61 407 620 613
E: dmalloch@sefiani.com.au
Nicholas Owens
Mob: +61 421 977 062
E: nowens@sefiani.com.au
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