COURT APPROVES SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT & CONFIRMATION OF SPECIAL DIVIDEND

Whitehaven Coal Limited (Whitehaven) (ASX:WHC) is pleased to announce that the Federal Court today approved the Scheme of Arrangement (Scheme) under which Whitehaven will acquire all of the issued shares of Aston Resources Limited (ASX:AZT) (Aston). The key dates with respect to the implementation of the Scheme are as follows: