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Anglo Asian Mining plc / Ticker: AAZ / Index: AIM / Sector Mining
27 July 2017
Anglo Asian Mining plc
Director Dealing
Anglo Asian Mining plc ("Anglo Asian" or the "Company"), the AIM-listed gold, copper and silver producer focused in Azerbaijan, announces that on 27 July 2017 it was notified that Khosrow Zamani, Non-executive Chairman of the Company and Richard Round, Non-executive Director of the Company have each sold 341,238 and 545,079 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") respectively at a price of 17.72p.
On 17 January 2017, the Board approved the conditional and irrevocable exercise by Khosrow Zamani and Richard Round of their options to acquire 500,000 and 600,000 Ordinary Shares respectively at an exercise price of 12 pence per Ordinary Share ("Option Agreement"), the exercise of which was deemed to occur on 26 July 2017. The exercise of these options was conditional upon the mid-market price of an Ordinary Share being 13.5 pence or more on 26 July 2017.
Pursuant to the Option Agreement, Khosrow Zamani and Richard Round each agreed to the sale of such number of Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the above share option exercises as would be required to produce net proceeds of sale (after deduction of all fees, commissions and expenses in relation to such sale) sufficient to meet the cost of exercising the share options and discharging any tax liability arising from the exercise of the share options for which the Company is liable.
Following this transaction, Khosrow Zamani has interest in a total of 1,418,352 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.25 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.
Following this transaction, Richard Round has an interest in a total of 361,680 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.32 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this announcement.
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail on the director's share dealing.
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name: | Khosrow Zamani | ||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position/status: | Non-executive Chairman | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name: | Anglo Asian Mining plc | ||||||
b) | LEI: | 213800F9JM669WH34359 | ||||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each GB00B0C18177 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction: | Sale of shares | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price: | Single transaction as in 4 c) above
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e) | Date of the transaction: | 2017-07-27 11:51 hrs UTC | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction: | London Stock Exchange, AIM Market | ||||||
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name: | Richard Round | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status: | Non-executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name: | Anglo Asian Mining plc | ||||
b) | LEI: | 213800F9JM669WH34359 | ||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each GB00B0C18177 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction: | Sale of shares | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price: | Single transaction as in 4 c) above
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e) | Date of the transaction: | 2017-07-27 11:51 hrs UTC | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction: | London Stock Exchange, AIM Market | ||||
**ENDS**
For further information please visit www.angloasianmining.com or contact:
Reza Vaziri | Anglo Asian Mining plc | Tel: +994 12 596 3350 |
Bill Morgan | Anglo Asian Mining plc | Tel: +994 502 910 400 |
Stephen Westhead | Anglo Asian Mining plc | Tel: +994 502 916 894 |
Ewan Leggat | SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP Nominated Adviser and Broker | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
Soltan Tagiev | SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP | Tel + 44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
Lottie Brocklehurst | St Brides Partners Ltd | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 |
Susie Geliher | St Brides Partners Ltd | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 |