31 May 2011 08:18
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31 May 2011
AIM: STEL
Stellar Diamonds plc
("Stellar" or the "Company")
GRANT OF SHARE OPTIONS
Stellar, the London Listed (AIM: STEL) diamond mining and exploration company focused on West Africa announces the grant of share options to directors and employees of the Company and its group of subsidiary companies. A total of 8,150,000 share options have been granted at an exercise price of 8 pence per ordinary share, exercisable for a period of 5 years from the date of grant, subject to the terms of the unapproved Company share option scheme. The exercise price represents a premium of 28% to the closing share price on 27 May 2011.
The allocation of the share options is detailed in the following table:
Directors | Position | Share Options granted | Exercise price (£) | Total number of Share Options held |
Lord Daresbury | Non Executive Chairman | 1,000,000 | 0.08 | 1,702,000 |
Karl Smithson | Chief Executive Officer | 2,000,000 | 0.08 | 4,006,500 |
Steven Poulton | Non Executive Director | 800,000 | 0.08 | 1,452,000 |
James Campbell | Non Executive Director | 600,000 | 0.08 | 970,000 |
Luis da Silva | Non Executive Director | 600,000 | 0.08 | 1,353,000 |
5,000,000 | 9,483,500 | |||
Other Employees | 3,150,000 | 0.08 | 5,910,175 | |
Total | 15,393,675 |
Following these option grants the total number of shares under option is 15,393,675 representing 7.10% of the company's share capital of 216,766,659 ordinary shares. In addition there are 23,064,383 warrants outstanding, exercisable at 12 pence per ordinary share.
For further information please contact the following or visit the Company's website at www.stellar-diamonds.com.
Stellar Diamonds plc
Karl Smithson, Chief Executive Tel: +44 (0) 20 7257 2930
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Gavin Burnell, Edward Hutton
Charles Vaughan Tel: +44 (0) 20 7796 8800
Daniel Stewart & Company plc
Martin Lampshire, Oliver Rigby Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6550
Pelham Bell Pottinger
Charles Vivian / James MacFarlane Tel: +44 (0) 20 7861 3232