Petra Diamonds Limited Block Listing Six Monthly Return (2918A)

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RNS Number : 2918A

Petra Diamonds Limited

29 December 2017

 
 29 December 2017   LSE: PDL 
 

Petra Diamonds Limited

("Petra," 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 4 July 2017 to 29 
                                  December 2017 
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 Balance of unallotted 
  securities under scheme 
  from previous return:          5,255,000 
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 Number of shares issued 
  under scheme during period:    85,821 
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 Number of shares cancelled 
  under the scheme during 
  period:                        75,000 
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 Balance under scheme 
  not yet issued at end 
  of period:                     5,094,179 
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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 532,464,760 ordinary shares of GBP0.10 each in issue.

Ends

For further information, please contact:

   Petra Diamonds, London                                         Telephone: [phone] 

Cathy Malins [e-mail]

Buchanan Telephone: [phone]

(PR Adviser)

   Bobby Morse                                                               [e-mail] 
   Anna Michniewicz                                                       [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 five producing operations: three underground mines in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan and Koffiefontein), the Kimberley Ekapa Mining joint venture (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 and South Africa.

Petra has a core objective to steadily increase annual production to 5.0 - 5.3 million from FY 2019 onwards. 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 www.petradiamonds.com.

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