Block Listing Six Monthly Return

RNS Number : 5304H

Petra Diamonds Limited

21 June 2013

 



21 June 2013

LSE: PDL

Petra Diamonds Limited

(the "Company")

Block Listing Six Monthly Return

Name of company:	Petra Diamonds Limited
Name of schemes:	Petra Diamonds Limited 1997 and 2005 Share Option Plans
Period of return:	From 22 December 2012 to 21 June 2013
Balance of unallotted securities under schemes from previous return:	15,641,095
Number of shares issued under schemes during period:	436,335
Number of shares cancelled under the scheme during period:	50,000
Balance under schemes not yet issued at end of period:	15,154,760
Number and class of shares admitted under schemes and the date of admission:	19,317,259  (22 December 2011)

The Company currently has 509,601,048 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue.

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For further information, please contact:

Petra Diamonds (Corporate Communications)	Telephone: [phone]
Cathy Malins	[e-mail]

Buchanan (PR Adviser)	Telephone: [phone]
Cornelia Browne Bobby Morse Louise Mason	[e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]

www.buchanan.uk.com

RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker)	Telephone: [phone]
Martin Eales	[e-mail]
Jonathan Hardy	[e-mail]

Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker)	Telephone: [phone]
Andrew Chubb	[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 eight producing mines: seven in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan, Koffiefontein, Kimberley Underground, Helam, Sedibeng and Star) and one in Tanzania (Williamson). It also maintains an exploration programme in Botswana.

Petra offers an exceptional growth profile, with a core objective to steadily increase annual production to 5 million carats by FY 2019. The Group has a major 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 member of the FTSE 250.

For more information, visit the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com   

 

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