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For Immediate Release | 04 April 2016 |
Capital Drilling Limited
("Capital Drilling", the "Group" or "the company")
Issue of Shares and Total Voting Rights
Capital Drilling Limited (CAPD: LN), the emerging and developing markets focused drilling company, today announces that it has issued 299,715 new common shares pursuant to terms of the Company's employee share schemes. The new common shares will rank pari passu with the existing common shares.
Following the share issue and allotment, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 134,903,396 common shares of $0.0001 each. This figure may be used by shareholders as denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, Capital Drilling under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please visit Capital Drilling's website www.capdrill.com or contact:
Capital Drilling Limited +230 464 3250
Jamie Boyton, Chairman investor@capdrill.com
Mark Parsons, Chief Executive Officer
finnCap +44 (0)20 7220 0500
Christopher Raggett, Corporate Finance
Joanna Scott/Tim Redfern, Corporate Broking
Buchanan +44 (0)20 7466 5000
Bobby Morse capitaldrilling@buchanan.uk.com
Helen Chan
About Capital Drilling
Capital Drilling provides specialised drilling services to mineral exploration and mining companies in emerging and developing markets, for exploration, development and production stage projects. The Company currently owns and operates a fleet of 94 drilling rigs with established operations in Botswana, Chile, Egypt, Mauritania and Tanzania. The Group's corporate headquarters is in Mauritius.