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21 December 2011 | LSE: PDL |
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Petra Diamonds Limited
("the Company")
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Application for Block Listing
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Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the admission to the Official List of a Block Listing of 27,717,259 new ordinary shares of 10p each in Petra Diamonds Limited and to the London Stock Exchange for such Block Listed shares to be admitted to trading.
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The application is being made in respect of shares to be issued under the following warrants and share option schemes:
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IFC 2010 Warrants | 6,300,000 |
RMB 2010 Warrants | 2,100,000 |
1997 Share Option Scheme | 1,148,750 |
2005 Share Option Scheme | 18,168,509 |
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When issued, the shares will rank paripassu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.
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For further information, please contact:
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Petra Diamonds, London | Telephone: +44 20 7318 0452 |
Cathy Malins | cathym@petradiamonds.com |
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Buchanan (PR Adviser) | Telephone: +44 20 7466 5000 |
Bobby Morse James Strong | bobbym@buchanan.uk.com jamess@buchanan.uk.com |
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RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker) | Telephone: +44 20 7653 4000 |
Joshua Critchley | joshua.critchley@rbccm.com |
Martin Eales | martin.eales@rbccm.com |
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Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker) | Telephone: +44 20 7050 6500 |
Rob Collins | rcollins@canaccordgenuity.com |
Andrew Chubb | achubb@canaccordgenuity.com |
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About Petra Diamonds Limited
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Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and an increasingly important supplier of rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has a well-diversified portfolio, with interests in eight producing mines: seven in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan, Koffiefontein, Kimberley Underground, Helam, Sedibeng and Star) and one in Tanzania (Williamson).
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Petra offers an exceptional growth profile, with a core objective to steadily increase annual production to over 5 million carats by FY 2019. The Group has a major resource base in excess of 300 million carats.
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Petra conducts all its operations according to the highest ethical standards and will only operate in countries which are members of the Kimberley Process.
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For more information, visit the Company's website atwww.petradiamonds.com.
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