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20 December 2013 | LSE: PDL |
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Petra Diamonds Limited
(the "Company")
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Block Listing Six Monthly Return
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Name of company: | Petra Diamonds Limited |
Name of schemes: | Petra Diamonds Limited 1997 and 2005 Share Option Plans |
Period of return: | From 22 June 2013 to 20 December 2013 |
Balance of unallotted securities under schemes from previous return: | 15,154,760 |
Number of shares issued under schemes during period: | 409,000 |
Number of shares cancelled under the scheme during period: | - |
Balance under schemes not yet issued at end of period: | 14,745,760 |
Number and class of shares admitted under schemes and the date of admission: | 19,317,259 (22 December 2011) |
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The Company currently has 512,110,048 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue.
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For further information, please contact:
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Petra Diamonds (Corporate Communications) | Telephone: +44 20 7494 8203 |
Cathy Malins | cathym@petradiamonds.com |
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Buchanan (PR Adviser) | Telephone: +44 20 7466 5000 |
Cornelia Browne Bobby Morse Louise Mason | corneliab@buchanan.uk.com bobbym@buchanan.uk.com louisem@buchanan.uk.com |
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RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker) | Telephone: +44 20 7653 4000 |
Matthew Coakes Jonathan Hardy | matthew.coakes@rbccm.com jonathan.hardy@rbccm.com |
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Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker) | Telephone: +44 20 7523 8000 |
Ryan Gaffney | rgaffney@canaccordgenuity.com |
Chris Fincken | cfincken@canaccordgenuity.com |
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About Petra Diamonds Limited
Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and an increasingly important supplier of rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has interests in six producing mines: five in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan, Koffiefontein, Kimberley Underground and Helam) and one in Tanzania (Williamson). It also maintains an exploration programme in Botswana.
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Petra offers an exceptional growth profile, with a core objective to steadily increase annual production to 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 operations according to the highest ethical standards and will only operate in countries which are members of the Kimberley Process. Petra is quoted with a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker 'PDL' and is a member of the FTSE 250.
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For more information, visit the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com.
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