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LANDORE RESOURCES LIMITED
("Landore Resources" or "the Company")
(AIM Ticker: LND.L)
Award of Share Options
London, United Kingdom - December 22, 2017 - Landore Resources Limited (AIM:LND) ("Landore Resources" or "the Company") announces that a total of 5 million options over ordinary shares of no par value in the Company (the "New Share Options") ("Ordinary Shares") have been awarded to William Humphries, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. The award follows a highly successful year for Landore Resources including the updated Mineral Resource estimate for the BAM East Gold Deposit as announced on 11 December 2017.
The exercise price of the New Share Options is 2.2 pence, being a 10 per cent. premium to the price at which the Company completed its recent subscription as announced on 19 October 2017 and a 8.9 per cent. premium to the mid-market closing price of Company's Ordinary Shares on 21 December 2017. The New Share Options are not subject to any performance conditions and will expire 5 years from the date of the award.
Following the award of the New Share Options, there are currently 73,350,000 options over Ordinary Shares ("Share Options") outstanding. A summary of the Share Options held by the William Humphries is set out below:
No. of Share Options granted | Date Share Options awarded | Date Share Options expire | Exercise price (p) | |
William Humphries | 1,000,000 | 28 October 2009 | 28 October 2019 | 14.0 |
4,500,000 | 1 July 2013 | 1 July 2018 | 5.0 | |
5,000,000 | 25 November 2013 | 25 November 2018 | 2.5 | |
4,500,000 | 21 July 2014 | 21 July 2019 | 3.5 | |
10,000,000 | 5 July 2017 | 4 July 2022 | 3.2 | |
5,000,000 | 22 December 2017 | 21 December 2022 | 2.2 | |
PDMR Notification Forms:
The notifications below are made in accordance with the requirements of Market Abuse Regulation:
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | William Humphries | ||||
2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Landore Resources Limited | ||||
b) | LEI | 21380019CJ5T1PNY3Q69 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of no par value each in the share capital of the Landore Resources Limited | ||||
Identification code | GB00B06VJ325 | |||||
b) | Nature of the Transaction | Issue of options to acquire ordinary shares | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | N/A (Single transaction) | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 22 December 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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About Landore Resources
Landore Resources is an exploration company that seeks to grow shareholder value through the acquisition, exploration and development of precious and base metal projects in eastern Canada. The Company is primarily focused on the development of the Junior Lake Project. Landore Resources has mineral rights to 5 properties in eastern Canada. The Company is headquartered in Guernsey, with an exploration office located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
For more information, please contact:
Bill Humphries, Chief Executive Officer Tel: 07734 681262
Richard Prickett, Finance Director Tel: 07775 651421
Landore Resources Limited www.landore.com
Angela Hallett / James Spinney / Jack Botros Tel: 020 7409 3494
Strand Hanson Limited
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This announcement contains inside information as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014.