Director/PDMR Shareholding

Gemfields Group Limited

04 January 2024

 

Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration Number: 47656

South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10

Share code on JSE: GML / AIM: GEM

ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31

("Gemfields" or the "Company")

PDMR Shareholdings

LONDON, 4 JANUARY 2024

On 14 December 2023, the Company announced that Kartikeya Parikshya, a PDMR of the Company, had exercised 471,377 share options at an exercise price of ZAR2.97 per ordinary share of USD0.00001 each in the company ("Ordinary Shares").

In accordance with AIM Rule 17, shareholders are advised that Gemfields has received notice that Mr Parikshya has sold 471,377 Ordinary Shares, at an average price of ZAR2.97 per Ordinary Share. Following the above transaction, Mr Parikshya owns 45,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.004 per cent of the Company.

In compliance with Rules 3.63 - 3.74 of the JSE Listings Requirements, the Company discloses the following additional information:

Nature of transaction	On market sale of shares
Volume weighted average price	ZAR2.97
Total value of transaction	ZAR1,398,906.85 (excluding the total exercise costs of the 471,377 options at ZAR2.97)
Highest price	ZAR3.00
Lowest price	ZAR2.90
Nature of interest	DIRECT BENEFICIAL

Clearance was obtained for the above dealings in securities.

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Kartikeya Parikshya
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Gemfields Group Limited
b)	LEI	21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of USD0.00001 each
	Identification code	ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			ZAR 2.97	471,377
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	471,377
	- Price	ZAR 2.97
e)	Date of the transaction	19 December 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Johannesburg Stock Exchange

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ENQUIRIES

GEMFIELDS	Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Ian Hughes [e-mail] T:  [phone]
SPONSOR (JSE)	Investec Bank Limited
NOMINATED ADVISER (AIM) & BROKER	Liberum Scott Mathieson / John More / Kane Collings / Anake Singh T: [phone]
FINANCIAL PR/ IR	Camarco Gordon Poole / Emily Hall T: [phone]

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS

Gemfields is a world-leading responsible miner and marketer of coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world's single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licences in Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar.

Gemfields' outright ownership of Fabergé - an iconic and prestigious brand of exceptional heritage - enables Gemfields to optimise positioning, perception and consumer awareness of coloured gemstones through Fabergé designs, advancing the wider group's "mine and market" vision.

Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of Gemfields' business model that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector.

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