Block Listing Six Monthly Return

RNS Number : 7413B

Petra Diamonds Limited

21 June 2016

 

21 June 2016

LSE: PDL

Petra Diamonds Limited

("Petra," 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 23 December 2015 to 21 June 2016
Balance of unallotted securities under scheme from previous return:	8,767,500
Number of shares issued under scheme during period:	1,377,405
Number of shares cancelled under the scheme during period:	3,845
Balance under scheme not yet issued at end of period:	7,386,250
Number and class of shares admitted under scheme and the date of admission:	19,317,259  (22 December 2011)

The Company currently has 524,172,967 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]
Salisha Ilyas	[e-mail]
Buchanan	Telephone: [phone]
(PR Adviser)
Bobby Morse	[e-mail]
Anna Michniewicz	[e-mail]
RBC Capital Markets	Telephone: [phone]
(Joint Broker)
Matthew Coakes	[e-mail]
Jonathan Hardy	[e-mail]
Barclays	Telephone: [phone]
(Joint Broker)
Bertie Whitehead	[e-mail]
Philip Drake	[e-mail]
BMO Capital Markets	Telephone: [phone]
(Joint Broker)
Jeffrey Couch	[e-mail]
Neil Haycock	[e-mail]

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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 operations: four underground mines in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan, Koffiefontein and Kimberley Underground), extensive tailings operations in Kimberley (via its interest in the Kimberley Mines) 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 5 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/. 

 

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