Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 4078N

Tharisa PLC

01 June 2022

 

Tharisa plc

(Incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus with limited liability)

(Registration number HE223412)

JSE share code: THA

LSE share code: THS

A2X share code: THA

ISIN: CY0103562118

LEI: 213800WW4YWMVVZIJM90

('Tharisa' or the 'Company')

Issue of equity and voting rights

Further to the announcements released on 16 February 2022 and 24 May 2022, Tharisa announces that application has been made to the JSE Limited ('JSE'), the Financial Conduct Authority ('FCA') and the London Stock Exchange ('LSE') for the listing and admission of 3 208 556 new ordinary shares to the official list and to trading on the main market of the JSE and the LSE. Admission of the shares is expected to occur on 6 June 2022.

Following admission, Tharisa will have 302 596 743 ordinary shares in issue, of which 299 261 811 shares will have voting rights.  Tharisa currently holds 3 334 932 shares in treasury to make provision for the potential requirement to allot shares to participants in the Tharisa Share Award Plan exercising vested Appreciation Rights.

Therefore, the total of 299 261 811 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Tharisa under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Paphos, Cyprus

1 June 2022

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Investor relations contacts:

Ilja Graulich (Head of Investor Relations and Communications)

[phone]

[phone]

[e-mail]

Financial PR contacts:

Bobby Morse / Ariadna Peretz / James Husband

[phone]

[e-mail]

Broker contacts:

Peel Hunt LLP (UK Joint Broker)

Ross Allister / David McKeown / Alexander Allen

[phone]

BMO Capital Markets Limited (UK Joint Broker)

Thomas Rider / Pascal Lussier Duquette / Nick Macann

[phone]

Berenberg (UK Joint Broker)

Matthew Armitt / Jennifer Lee / Detlir Elezi

[phone]

Nedbank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division) (RSA Broker)

Carlyle Whittaker

[phone]

About Tharisa

Tharisa is an integrated resource group critical to the energy transition and decarbonisation of economies. It incorporates mining, processing, exploration, and the beneficiation, marketing, sales, and logistics of PGMs and chrome concentrates, using innovation and technology as enablers. Its principal operating asset is the Tharisa Mine located in the south-western limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The mechanised mine has a 20-year open-pit life and the ability to extend operations underground by at least an additional 40 years. Tharisa also owns Karo Mining Holdings and Salene Chrome, development stage, low-cost, open-pit PGM and chrome assets respectively, located on the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe. The Company is committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 and the development of a roadmap is continuing to be net carbon neutral by 2050. Tharisa plc is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE: THA) and the Main Board of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: THS).

 

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