Last checked at 23 Dec 2016 07:00
23 December 2016 | LSE: PDL |
Petra Diamonds Limited
("the Company" or "the Group")
Block Listing Six Monthly Return
Name of company: | Petra Diamonds Limited |
Name of scheme: | Petra Diamonds Limited 2005 Share Option Plan |
Period of return: | From 21 June 2016 to 23 December 2016 |
Balance of unallotted securities under scheme from previous return: | 7,386,250 |
Number of shares issued under scheme during period: | 190,000 |
Number of shares cancelled under the scheme during period: | - |
Balance under scheme not yet issued at end of period: | 7,196,250 |
Number and class of shares admitted under scheme and the date of admission: | 19,317,259 (22 December 2011) |
The Company currently has 530,109,968 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue.
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For further information, please contact:
Petra Diamonds, London Telephone: +44 20 7494 8203
Cornelia Grant cornelia.grant@petradiamonds.com
Salisha Ilyas salisha.ilyas@petradiamonds.com
Buchanan Telephone: +44 20 7466 5000
(PR Adviser)
Bobby Morse bobbym@buchanan.uk.com
Anna Michniewicz annam@buchanan.uk.com
RBC Capital Markets Telephone: +44 20 7653 4000
(Joint Broker)
Matthew Coakes matthew.coakes@rbccm.com
Jonathan Hardy jonathan.hardy@rbccm.com
Barclays Telephone: +44 20 7623 2323
(Joint Broker)
Bertie Whitehead bertie.whitehead@barclays.com
Philip Drake philip.e.drake@barclays.com
BMO Capital Markets Telephone : +44 20 7236 1010
(Joint Broker)
Jeffery Couch jeffery.couch@bmo.com
Neil Haycock neil.haycock@bmo.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 five producing operations: three underground mines in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan and Koffiefontein), the Kimberley Operations (including the Kimberley Underground mine and extensive tailings retreatment operations) and one open pit mine in Tanzania (Williamson). It also maintains an exploration programme in Botswana.
Petra has a core objective to steadily increase annual production to ca. 5.3 million carats by FY 2019. The Group has a significant resource base in excess of 300 million carats.
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 constituent of the FTSE4Good Index. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com.