9 Apr 2018 10:39
9 April 2018
BlueRock Diamonds PLC
("BlueRock" or the "Company" or "BRD")
Result of General Meeting
BlueRock Diamonds plc, the AIM listed diamond mining company which owns and operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa ("Kareevlei"), is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at the General Meeting held today were duly passed.
Accordingly, application has been made for 5,708,334 Placing Shares (the "Second Tranche Shares"), which will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in the Company, to be admitted to trading on AIM ('Admission'). It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings will commence at 8.00am on 10 April 2018.
Total Voting Rights
Following the issue of the Second Tranche Shares, the issued share capital of the Company will consist of 173,157,575 Ordinary Shares. No shares were held in treasury at the date of this announcement. The total current voting rights in the Company are therefore 173,157,575.
The above total current voting rights number is the figure which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in 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.
For further information, please contact:
BlueRock Diamonds plc
Adam Waugh, CEO
awaugh@bluerockdiamonds.co.uk
David Facey, FD
dfacey@bluerockdiamonds.co.uk
SP Angel (NOMAD and Broker)
Stuart Gledhill / Lindsay Mair/Caroline Rowe
+44 (0)20 3470 0470
SVS Securities plc (Joint Broker)
Tom Curran / Ben Tadd +44 (0) 20 3700 0100
Yellow Jersey (PR and IR)
Georgia Colkin / Joe Burgess / Katie Bairsto
+44 (0) 7769 325254
About BlueRock Diamonds plc (AIM: BRD)
BlueRock is a diamond mining company with activities in the Kimberley region of South Africa. BlueRock own a diamond processing plant and the mining right over the Kareevlei Tenements in South Africa.
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: | David Facey | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status: | Finance Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name: | BlueRock Diamonds plc | ||||
b) | LEI: | 213800LVSJ2RNI3SSN92 | ||||
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 GB00B84H1764 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction: | Participation in the Fundraising | ||||
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: | 9 April 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction: | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name: | Paul Beck | ||||
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: | BlueRock Diamonds plc | ||||
b) | LEI: | 213800LVSJ2RNI3SSN92 | ||||
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 GB00B84H1764 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction: | Participation in the Fundraising | ||||
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: | 9 April 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction: | Outside a trading venue | ||||