Petra Diamonds Limited Block Listing Six Monthly Return (6635S)

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RNS Number : 6635S

Petra Diamonds Limited

23 December 2016

 
 23 December 2016   LSE: PDL 
 

Petra Diamonds Limited

("the Company" or "the Group")

Block Listing Six Monthly Return

 
 Name of company:                Petra Diamonds Limited 
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 Name of scheme:                 Petra Diamonds Limited 
                                  2005 Share Option Plan 
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 Period of return:               From 21 June 2016 to 23 
                                  December 2016 
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 Balance of unallotted 
  securities under scheme 
  from previous return:          7,386,250 
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 Number of shares issued 
  under scheme during period:    190,000 
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 Number of shares cancelled      - 
  under the scheme during 
  period: 
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 Balance under scheme 
  not yet issued at end 
  of period:                     7,196,250 
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 Number and class of shares      19,317,259 (22 December 
  admitted under scheme           2011) 
  and the date of admission: 
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The Company currently has 530,109,968 ordinary shares of GBP0.10 each in issue.

Ends

For further information, please contact:

   Petra Diamonds, London                                         Telephone: [phone] 

Cornelia Grant [e-mail]

Salisha Ilyas [e-mail]

Buchanan Telephone: [phone]

(PR Adviser)

   Bobby Morse                                                               [e-mail] 
   Anna Michniewicz                                                       [e-mail] 
   RBC Capital Markets                                               Telephone: [phone] 

(Joint Broker)

   Matthew Coakes                                                         [e-mail] 
   Jonathan Hardy                                                           [e-mail] 

Barclays Telephone: [phone]

(Joint Broker)

Bertie Whitehead [e-mail]

Philip Drake [e-mail]

   BMO Capital Markets                                               Telephone : [phone] 

(Joint Broker)

   Jeffery Couch                                                              [e-mail] 
   Neil Haycock                                                               [e-mail] 

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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 five producing operations: three underground mines in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan and Koffiefontein), the Kimberley Operations (including the Kimberley Underground mine and extensive tailings retreatment operations) and one open pit mine in Tanzania (Williamson). It also maintains an exploration programme in Botswana.

Petra has a core objective to steadily increase annual production to ca. 5.3 million carats by FY 2019. The Group has a significant 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 constituent of the FTSE4Good Index. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com.

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