Block Listing Six Monthly Return

RNS Number : 2298A

Petra Diamonds Limited

19 December 2014

 



19 December 2014

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 21 June 2014 to 19 December 2014
Balance of unallotted securities under schemes from previous return:	12,474,172
Number of shares issued under schemes during period:	530,002
Number of shares cancelled under the scheme during period:	253,336
Balance under schemes not yet issued at end of period:	11,690,834
Number and class of shares admitted under schemes and the date of admission:	19,317,259  (22 December 2011)

The Company currently has 515,215,465 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue.

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For further information, please contact:

Petra Diamonds, London	Telephone: [phone]
Cathy Malins	[e-mail]
Cornelia Grant	[e-mail]

Buchanan (PR Adviser)	Telephone: [phone]
Bobby Morse Louise Mason	[e-mail] [e-mail]

RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker)	Telephone: [phone]
Matthew Coakes Jonathan Hardy	[e-mail] [e-mail]

Barclays (Joint Broker)	Telephone: [phone]
Bertie Whitehead	[e-mail]
Marcus Jackson	[e-mail]

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 mines: four in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan, Koffiefontein and Kimberley Underground ) 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   

 

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