Last checked at 7 Apr 2022 16:15
Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration Number: 47656.
South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10
Share code on JSE:GML / AIM:GEM
ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
("Gemfields" or the "Company")
PDMR shareholding, Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights update
LONDON, 7 APRIL 2022
In accordance with AIM Rule 17, shareholders are advised that Gemfields has issued and allotted 1,518,900 new ordinary shares of USD0.00001 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") following the exercise of share options by certain employees.
Adrian Banks, a PDMR of the Company, was one of the employees to exercise options. Mr Banks exercised 830,850 share options which were due to expire on 3 January 2023, at an exercise price of ZAR2.90 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the above transaction, Mr Banks has an interest in 842,738 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.07 per cent of the Company.
Applications have been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and the JSE, both which are expected to occur on or around 8 April 2022 ("Admission").
Following Admission there will be 1,175,716,710 Ordinary Shares in issue with each Ordinary Share carrying the right to one vote. This is also the total voting rights figure which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine whether they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interest in the Company.
Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||
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| Name
| Adrian Banks | |||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| PDMR | |||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| Name
| Gemfields Group Limited | |||
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| LEI
| 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31 | |||
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| 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
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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of USD0.00001 each | |||
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Identification code | ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | ||||
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| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of Share Options | |||
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| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| ZAR2.90 | 830,850 |
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| Aggregated information |
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- Aggregated volume | 830,850 | ||||
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- Price | ZAR2.90 | ||||
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| Date of the transaction
| 7 April 2022 | |||
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| Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |||
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Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at:
GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM
To join our investor mailing list, contact us on:companysecretary@gemfields.com
For any press enquiries please contact us on:gemfields@camarco.co.uk
ENQUIRIES
GEMFIELDS | Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Mark LawrieT: +44(0) 20 7518 3400 |
SPONSOR (JSE) | Investec Bank Limited |
SEDIBELO SALE PROCESS | Liberum Nehal Patel T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222 |
NOMINATED ADVISER(AIM) & JOINT BROKER | finnCapChristopher Raggett / Tim Redfern / Edward WhileyT: +44(0) 20 7220 0500 |
JOINT BROKER | LiberumScott Mathieson / Kane CollingsT: +44(0) 20 3100 2222 |
FINANCIAL PR/ IR | CamarcoGordon Poole / Emily HallT: +44(0) 20 3757 4980 |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS
Gemfields is a world-leading miner of responsible coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world's single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licences in Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar.
Gemfields' outright ownership of Fabergé - an iconic and prestigious brand of exceptional heritage - enables Gemfields to optimise positioning, perception and consumer awareness of coloured gemstones through Fabergé designs, advancing the wider group's "mine and market" vision.
Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction and trading platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of Gemfields' business model that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector.
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