Placing to raise £550,000

RNS Number : 0139Q

Botswana Diamonds PLC

25 October 2021

 

25 October 2021

Botswana Diamonds PLC

("Botswana Diamonds" or the "Company")

Placing to raise £550,000

Placing

The Board of Botswana Diamonds (AIM: BOD) is pleased to announce that it has today undertaken a Company-arranged placing with existing and new investors to raise £550,000 via the issue of 55,000,000 new ordinary shares (the "Placing Shares") at a placing price of 1p per Placing Share (the "Placing Price"). Each Placing Share has one warrant attached with the right to subscribe for one new ordinary share at 2p per new ordinary share for a period of three years from 25 October 2021 (the "Placing Warrants"), being the expected date of the Placing Warrants issue.

The Board has arranged the Placing within the existing share authorities approved by shareholders at the last Annual General Meeting. The Placing Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary shares. Application will be made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that such admission will become effective on or around 5 November 2021.

The funds raised will be used to fund exploration activities during the current year in Botswana and South Africa, which remain ongoing, and to provide additional working capital for the Company.

Total Voting Rights

In conformity with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), the Company announces the following:

Following the issue of the Placing Shares, there will be a total of 847,721,902 ordinary shares of 0.25p each in issue with each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote ("Ordinary Shares"). The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights is 847,721,902. The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Special note concerning the Market Abuse Regulation

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR").

Market soundings, as defined in MAR, were taken in respect of the Placing, with the result that certain persons became aware of inside information, as permitted by MAR. That inside information is set out in this announcement. Therefore, those persons that received inside information in a market sounding are no longer in possession of inside information relating to the Company and its securities. The person who arranged for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company was Jim Finn, Director.

A copy of this announcement is available on the Company's website, at www.botswanadiamonds.co.uk

Enquiries:

Botswana Diamonds PLC John Teeling, Chairman James Campbell, Managing Director Jim Finn, Director	[phone] [phone] [phone]
Beaumont Cornish - Nominated Adviser  Michael Cornish Roland Cornish	[phone]
Beaumont Cornish Limited - Broker  Roland Cornish Felicity Geidt	[phone]
First Equity Limited -  Joint Broker  Jason Robertson	[phone]
Blytheweigh - PR Megan Ray Rachael Brooks Said Izagaren Naomi Holmes	[phone] [phone] [phone] [phone] [phone]
Teneo Luke Hogg Alan Tyrrell Ciara Wylie	[phone] [phone] [phone]

Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting as Nominated Adviser ("Nomad") to the Company in connection with the Placing, the terms of which have been agreed solely arranged by the Company, and will not be acting for any other person or otherwise be responsible to any person for providing the protections afforded to clients of Beaumont Cornish or for advising any other person in respect of the matters set out in this announcement or any transaction, matter or arrangement referred to in this announcement. Beaumont Cornish's responsibilities as the Company's Nomad are owed solely to London Stock Exchange and are not owed to the Company or to any Director or to any other person in respect of his or her decision to acquire any shares in the Company.

www.botswanadiamonds.co.uk

 

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