20 Dec 2013 14:48
20 December 2013 | LSE: PDL |
Petra Diamonds Limited
(the "Company")
Block Listing Six Monthly Return
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) |
The Company currently has 512,110,048 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue.
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For further information, please contact:
Petra Diamonds (Corporate Communications) | Telephone: +44 20 7494 8203 |
Cathy Malins | cathym@petradiamonds.com |
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 |
RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker) | Telephone: +44 20 7653 4000 |
Matthew Coakes Jonathan Hardy | matthew.coakes@rbccm.com jonathan.hardy@rbccm.com |
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker) | Telephone: +44 20 7523 8000 |
Ryan Gaffney | rgaffney@canaccordgenuity.com |
Chris Fincken | cfincken@canaccordgenuity.com |
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.
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.
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.
For more information, visit the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com.
Petra Diamonds (PDL)