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8th Floor, Royal Trust House, 54-56 Jermyn Street, London. SW1Y 6LX, United Kingdom
Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7629 7772 Facsimile: + 44 (0)20 7629 7773
E mail: griffin@griffinmining.com
Exercise of Options
12th January 2021.
Griffin Mining Ltd ("the Company") announces that the Company has been notified of and subsequently authorised on 7th January 2021 the exercise of options ("the Options") over 1,291,666 new ordinary shares in the Company granted to the directors and management in February 2015 at an exercise price of 30p per share.
Following the exercise of the Options there will be 174,117,894 Ordinary Shares in the Company in issue. There are 540,000 shares held in treasury.
The Options exercised include that by Persons Discharging Management Responsibility, as follows:
Number of options vested | Number of options exercised | Number of options retained exercisable at 30p per share | Number of shares held after exercise | ||||
Adam Usdan (Director) | 1,166,667 | 1,166,667 | - | 34,644,425 |
Following this exercise Adam Usdan, through both direct and indirect interests, will have a beneficial interest in 34,644,425 Ordinary Shares in Griffin, representing 19.9% of the Company's issued share capital.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for 1,291,666 new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. These new ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares. It is expected that admission will become effective on or around 15 January 2021.
Template for 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 | Adam Usdan | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Director | |
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | Griffin Mining Limited | |
b) | LEI | ||
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 | |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options | |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | 1,166,666 Ordinary Shares at 30 pence per share equating to £350,000 | |
d) | Aggregated information- Aggregated volume- Price | 1,166,666 Ordinary Shares in Griffin Mining Limited at 30p each. | |
e) | Date of the transaction | 7 January 2021 | |
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market | |
(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/522 of 17 December 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for certain third countries public bodies and central banks, the indicators of market manipulation, the disclosure thresholds, the competent authority for notifications of delays, the permission for trading during closed periods and types of notifiable managers' transactions (see page 1 of this Official Journal). | |||
Griffin Mining Limited | Telephone: +44(0)20 7629 7772 |
Mladen Ninkov - Chairman Roger Goodwin - Finance Director
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Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited | Telephone: +44 (0)20 7886 2500 |
John Prior
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Berenberg | Telephone: +44(0)20 3207 7800 |
Matthew Armitt Jennifer Wyllie Deltir Elezi
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Griffin Mining Limited's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM).
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