Issue of Shares and Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 8238B

Capital Drilling Limited

06 April 2017

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 06 APRIL 2017

Capital Drilling Limited

("Capital Drilling", the "Group" or the "Company")

Issue of Shares and Total Voting Rights

Capital Drilling Limited (CAPD:LN), a leading drilling solutions company focused on emerging and developing markets, today announces that it has issued 343,763 new common shares pursuant to terms of the Company's employee share schemes. The new common shares will rank pari passu with the existing common shares.

Following the share issue and allotment, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 135,247,159 common shares of $0.0001 each. This figure may be used by shareholders as denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, Capital Drilling under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please visit Capital Drilling's website www.capdrill.com or contact:

Capital Drilling Limited                                                                     [phone]

Jamie Boyton, Chairman                                                                  [e-mail]

Dewald van Tonder, Chief Financial Officer

finnCap Ltd                                                                                          [phone]

Christopher Raggett, Corporate Finance

Emily Morris/Simon Johnson, Corporate Broking

Tamesis Partners LLP                                                                        [phone]

Charlie Bendon

Richard Greenfield

Buchanan                                                                                             [phone]

Bobby Morse                                                                                      [e-mail]

Gemma Mostyn-Owen

About Capital Drilling

Capital Drilling provides specialised drilling services to mineral exploration and mining companies in emerging and developing markets, for exploration, development and production stage projects. The Company currently owns and operates a fleet of 93 drilling rigs with established operations in Botswana, Chile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Serbia and Tanzania. The Group's corporate headquarters is in Mauritius.

 

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