Posting of Open Offer Circular

RNS Number : 4820Q

Sula Iron & Gold PLC

30 November 2016

 

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This announcement does not constitute a prospectus or offering memorandum or an offer in respect of any securities and is not intended to provide the basis for any investment decision in respect of Sula Iron & Gold Plc or other evaluation of any securities of Sula Iron & Gold Plc or any other entity and should not be considered as a recommendation that any investor should subscribe for or purchase any such securities.

30 November 2016

SULA IRON & GOLD PLC

("Sula" or the "Company")

Posting of Open Offer Circular

Sula (AIM: SULA), the multi-commodity exploration company focused on Sierra Leone, is pleased to announce that, further to its announcement of 18 November 2016, it has today posted a circular (the "Circular") to Qualifying Shareholders regarding an Open Offer to raise up to approximately £0.30 million gross. The Circular is also available on the Company's website at www.sulaironandgold.com

All capitalised terms in this announcement have the same meanings as those given to them in the Circular, unless the context otherwise requires.

The Open Offer is being made to Qualifying Shareholders on the register as at the Record Date of close of business on 29 November 2016, for up to 143,031,940 Open Offer Shares at 0.21 pence per Open Offer Share (being the same price as the Placing and Subscription Price announced on 18 November 2016) on the basis of:

1 Open Offer Share for every 13 Existing Ordinary Shares

As announced on 18 November 2016, the Issue Price represented a discount of approximately 6.7 per cent. to the Company's closing middle market share price of 0.225p on 17 November 2016, the date, immediately prior to the announcement of the Placing and Subscription and a discount of approximately 16.0 per cent. to the Company's closing middle market share price of 0.25p on 29 November 2016, the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Circular.

Qualifying Shareholders are also being given the opportunity, provided that they take up their Open Offer Entitlements in full, to apply for additional Open Offer Shares through an Excess Application Facility.

Full details of the Open Offer, including terms and conditions and details on how to accept the Open Offer, are set out in the Circular being posted to Qualifying Shareholders today and available on the Company's website.

Expected Timetable of Principal Events

	2016
Record Date for entitlement under the Open Offer	Close of business on 29 November
Ex-Entitlement Date and time	7.00 a.m. on 30 November
Posting of this Circular and, to Qualifying non-CREST Shareholders only, the Application Form	30 November
Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements credited to stock accounts in CREST of Qualifying CREST Shareholders	8.00 a.m. on 1 December
Latest recommended time and date for requesting withdrawal of Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements from CREST	4.30 p.m. on 9 December
Latest time for depositing Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements into CREST	3.00 p.m. on 12 December
Latest time and date for splitting Application Forms (to satisfy bona fide market claims)	3.00 p.m. on 13 December
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Application Forms and payment in full under the Open Offer or settlement of relevant CREST instruction (as appropriate)	11.00 a.m. on 15 December
Expected time and date of announcement of results of the Open Offer	16 December
Admission effective and dealings in the Open Offer Shares expected to commence on AIM	8.00 a.m. on 21 December
Expected date for crediting of Open Offer Shares in uncertificated form to CREST stock accounts	8.00 a.m. on 21 December
Expected date of despatch of share certificates in respect of Open Offer Shares in certificated form	30 December

The dates set out in the Expected Timetable of Principal Events above and mentioned throughout the Circular may be adjusted by Sula Iron & Gold plc, in which event details of the new dates will be announced through a Regulatory Information Service and/or notified by sending a further Circular, where appropriate, to Shareholders. All references to time in this Circular are to time in London.

For further information, please contact:

Sula Iron & Gold plc Roger Murphy, CEO	[phone]
VSA Capital Limited (Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker) Andrew Monk Andrew Raca Justin McKeegan	[phone]
Strand Hanson Limited (Financial and Nominated Adviser) James Harris Matthew Chandler James Dance	[phone]

Ongeza Mining (Financial and Technical Adviser)                                            [phone]

Iain Macpherson

Ilja Graulich

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR").

 

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