Deferred Share Awards

RNS Number : 2931H

Petra Diamonds Limited

30 November 2015

 

30 November 2015

LSE: PDL

Petra Diamonds Limited

("Petra" or the "Company")

Deferred Share Awards

Petra Diamonds Limited announces that on 26 November 2015 the Executive Directors of the Company were granted deferred awards over ordinary shares in the Company under the annual performance bonus plan.

The deferred share awards are as follows and represent 25% of the total bonus in respect of performance for the financial year ended 30 June 2015.

Director	Role	Shares awarded
Johan Dippenaar	Chief Executive Officer	75,000
David Abery	Finance Director	60,545
Jim Davidson	Technical Director	60,545

Notes:

1.     All awards are granted as conditional awards over ordinary shares in Petra of 10 pence each.

2.     No consideration was payable for the grant of the awards.

3.     Awards may be settled using existing shares purchased in the market or in cash at the Company's discretion.

4.     The awards will ordinarily vest on 30 June 2017; further details regarding deferred share awards are set out within the Directors' Remuneration Report within the Company's 2015 Annual Report. 

5.     The grant of these awards does not affect Petra's Total Voting Rights.

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For further information, please contact:

Petra Diamonds, London                                         Telephone: [phone]

Cathy Malins                                                               [e-mail]

Cornelia Grant                                                             [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]

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 has a core objective to steadily increase annual production to ca. 5 million carats by FY 2019. The Group has a significant resource base of ca. 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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