Past year: ▲ 230%(1.74 – 7.25 CAD)
Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
10 Feb 2009merger communication▲ GoodMajor
The Ontario Superior Court granted Gold Reserve an injunction blocking Rusoro's bid until trial, finding Rusoro had accessed or benefited from Gold Reserve's confidential information through Endeavour Financial; the court ordered Rusoro and Endeavour to return that information.
9 Feb 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment to Rusoro's tender offer statement.
9 Feb 2009merger communication● Neutral
Rusoro confirmed the Ontario Securities Commission set a hearing date to consider cease-trading Gold Reserve's poison pill.
4 Feb 2009business combination● Neutral
Technical amendment restating boilerplate forward-looking-statement language in Gold Reserve's rejection statement; no new facts, filed the same day as the Ontario injunction hearing.
3 Feb 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment adding Gold Reserve's rights-plan statement as an exhibit to its rejection filing.
3 Feb 2009merger communication▼ Bad
Gold Reserve responded to Rusoro's OSC application, defending its shareholder rights plan.
2 Feb 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment to Rusoro's tender offer statement.
2 Feb 2009merger communication▼ BadMajor
Rusoro escalated by applying to the Ontario Securities Commission to force Gold Reserve's poison pill off the table so its bid could proceed.
29 Jan 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment to Rusoro's tender offer statement.
29 Jan 2009merger communication● Neutral
Rusoro again amended and supplemented its offer paperwork; core terms unchanged.
28 Jan 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment adding the shareholder letter as an exhibit to Gold Reserve's rejection statement.
28 Jan 2009merger communication▼ Bad
Gold Reserve sent shareholders a letter reiterating the board's case for rejecting Rusoro's 'inadequate' offer.
27 Jan 2009substantial holder notice● Neutral
Jaguar-Portland Holdings LLC disclosed a new substantial GOLD RESERVE LTD shareholding (5.72% of votes).
26 Jan 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment to Rusoro's tender offer statement.
26 Jan 2009merger communication● Neutral
Rusoro's Canadian filing duplicating its January 14 Q4 production and Increible 6 permit announcement.
22 Jan 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment to Rusoro's tender offer statement.
22 Jan 2009merger communication● Neutral
Rusoro reminder to tender, amending and supplementing offer paperwork without changing core terms.
22 Jan 2009merger communication● Neutral
Transcript of a BNN interview on the gold sector referencing Rusoro's Venezuela strategy; general market commentary, not new bid terms.
21 Jan 2009merger communication● Neutral
Gold Reserve's board postponed the technical 'separation time' under its poison pill to February 17, 2009, keeping the defense in place since Rusoro's bid still didn't qualify as a Permitted Bid.
21 Jan 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment to Gold Reserve's rejection statement.
21 Jan 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment to Rusoro's tender offer statement.
20 Jan 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment to Gold Reserve's rejection statement.
20 Jan 2009business combination● Neutral
Formal SEC amendment recording Rusoro's January 19 extension of the bid's expiry date.
20 Jan 2009merger communication▲ GoodMajor
Gold Reserve reported that less than 3% of its shares had been tendered into Rusoro's bid despite the extension -- evidence the board's rejection recommendation was holding.
20 Jan 2009merger communication● Neutral
Rusoro extended its bid's expiry date via a Notice of Variation and commented on separate reports that Gold Reserve was considering suing the Venezuelan government.
16 Jan 2009merger communication▼ Bad
Gold Reserve urged shareholders to be skeptical of Rusoro's reported Q4 production figures, noting Rusoro had a history of delinquent quarterly filings on the TSX-V.
15 Jan 2009business combination● Neutral
Procedural amendment to Gold Reserve's rejection statement.
14 Jan 2009merger communication▼ BadMajor
Gold Reserve said it had no communication from Venezuela's government about reports of a Rusoro/Venezuela joint venture ("VENRUS") to jointly develop the Brisas deposit, and noted Rusoro had disclosed no such deal publicly -- an early sign of the political risk around Brisas that would culminate in Venezuela's 2009 seizure of the project.
14 Jan 2009merger communication● Neutral
Updated call-center script for Rusoro's offer; no new bid terms.
14 Jan 2009merger communication▲ Good
Rusoro reported record Q4 2008 gold production and a new environmental permit at its Increible 6 property, part of its ongoing case for its stock as bid currency.
