27 Jul 2018 13:05
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NOT FOR ISSUE, RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION
IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN.
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27 July 2018
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Bellzone Mining plc
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Total Voting Rights
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Bellzone Mining plc ("Bellzone" or the "Company") (AIM: BZM) announces that following the successful completion of the placing announced on 12 July 2017 (the "Placing") and the issue of 166,666,667 new ordinary shares of no par value ("Ordinary Shares") (the "Placing Shares"), the Company's issued share capital consists of 1,764,525,050 Ordinary Shares, of which 15,443,370 Ordinary Shares are held by the Company in treasury.
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Therefore, as at 26 July 2018, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 1,749,081,680. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
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Following the completion of the Placing and the vesting of share awards announced by the Company on 23 July 2018, Bellzone's major shareholder Hudson Global Limited ("Hudson") has had its voting rights diluted from 57.8% to 52.0%.
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Enquiries
Bellzone Mining plc | Β |
Simon Edwards | +44 (0) 7767 492 712 |
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SVS Securities Plc | +44 (0) 20 3700 0100 |
Joint Broker | Β |
Tom Curran / Ben Tadd / Nick Aitchison | Β |
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WH Ireland Limited | Β |
Nominated Advisor & Joint Broker | Β |
James Joyce / Jessica Cave | +44 (0) 20 7220 1666 |
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GENERAL
ThisΒ announcementΒ hasΒ beenΒ issuedΒ byΒ BellzoneΒ andΒ is theΒ soleΒ responsibilityΒ ofΒ Bellzone.
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THISΒ ANNOUNCEMENTΒ ISΒ NOTΒ BEINGΒ ISSUEDΒ INΒ THEΒ UNITEDΒ STATESΒ OFΒ AMERICA ANDΒ MAYΒ NOT BEΒ DISTRIBUTEDΒ INΒ THEΒ UNITEDΒ STATESΒ OFΒ AMERICA.
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SVS Securities Plc whichΒ isΒ authorisedΒ byΒ the PrudentialΒ RegulationΒ AuthorityΒ ("PRA")Β andΒ regulatedΒ inΒ the UnitedΒ KingdomΒ byΒ theΒ FinancialΒ ConductΒ AuthorityΒ andΒ theΒ PRA,Β isΒ aΒ memberΒ ofΒ theΒ London StockΒ Exchange. SVSΒ isΒ actingΒ exclusivelyΒ forΒ theΒ CompanyΒ inΒ connectionΒ withΒ theΒ Placing andΒ isΒ notΒ actingΒ forΒ anyΒ otherΒ personΒ andΒ willΒ notΒ beΒ responsibleΒ toΒ anyΒ personΒ otherΒ thanΒ the CompanyΒ forΒ providingΒ theΒ protectionsΒ affordedΒ toΒ their customersΒ or forΒ providingΒ adviceΒ onΒ the transactionsΒ orΒ arrangementsΒ referredΒ toΒ in thisΒ announcement.
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ThisΒ announcementΒ isΒ forΒ informationΒ purposesΒ onlyΒ andΒ doesΒ notΒ constituteΒ anΒ offerΒ orΒ an invitationΒ toΒ acquireΒ orΒ disposeΒ of anyΒ securitiesΒ or investmentΒ adviceΒ inΒ anyΒ jurisdiction.
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InΒ particular,Β thisΒ announcementΒ doesΒ not constituteΒ anΒ offerΒ toΒ sellΒ orΒ issueΒ orΒ the solicitationΒ of anΒ offerΒ toΒ buyΒ orΒ subscribeΒ forΒ securitiesΒ inΒ anyΒ jurisdictionΒ including,Β withoutΒ limitation,Β the UnitedΒ Kingdom,Β theΒ UnitedΒ States,Β Canada,Β Australia,Β HongΒ KongΒ orΒ Japan.Β TheΒ securities referredΒ toΒ inΒ thisΒ announcementΒ haveΒ notΒ beenΒ andΒ willΒ notΒ beΒ registeredΒ underΒ theΒ U.S. SecuritiesΒ ActΒ ofΒ 1933Β (theΒ "U.S.Β SecuritiesΒ Act")Β andΒ mayΒ notΒ beΒ offered,Β soldΒ orΒ transferred withinΒ theΒ UnitedΒ StatesΒ exceptΒ pursuantΒ toΒ anΒ exemptionΒ from,Β orΒ inΒ aΒ transactionΒ notΒ subject to,Β theΒ registrationΒ requirementsΒ ofΒ theΒ U.S.Β SecuritiesΒ Act.Β NoΒ publicΒ offeringΒ ofΒ theΒ Placing SharesΒ willΒ beΒ madeΒ in theΒ UnitedΒ States.
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NoΒ statementΒ inΒ thisΒ announcementΒ isΒ intendedΒ toΒ beΒ aΒ profitΒ forecastΒ andΒ noΒ statementΒ inΒ this announcementΒ shouldΒ beΒ interpretedΒ toΒ meanΒ thatΒ earningsΒ per shareΒ ofΒ BellzoneΒ forΒ theΒ current orΒ futureΒ financialΒ yearsΒ wouldΒ necessarilyΒ matchΒ orΒ exceedΒ theΒ historicalΒ publishedΒ earnings perΒ shareΒ ofΒ Bellzone.
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The Directors of Bellzone are:
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Michael Farrow, Non-Executive Chairman
Julian Cheong, Chief Executive Officer
Simon Brickles, Non-Executive director
Antony Gardner-Hillman, Non-Executive director
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