Petra Diamonds Limited Notification of Transactions of Directors (7434M)

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RNS Number : 7434M

Petra Diamonds Limited

17 October 2016

 
 17 October 2016   LSE: PDL 
 

Petra Diamonds Limited

("Petra," "the Company" or "the Group")

Notification of Transactions of Directors

Petra Diamonds Limited announces the following transactions of Directors.

1. DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS

The transactions below took place on 14 October 2016 in Jersey and were notified to the Company on the same day. The transactions relate to the exercise of share awards and the subsequent sale of these shares.

 
 NAME               TITLE      LTSP(1) SHARES  PSP(2) SHARES   DEFFERRED   SALE PRICE 
                                    SOLD            SOLD         SHARES     PER SHARE 
                                                                SOLD(3) 
--------------  ------------  ---------------  -------------  ----------  ----------- 
                    Chief 
 Johan            Executive 
  Dippenaar        Officer         69,200         225,850       54,587        1.38 
--------------  ------------  ---------------  -------------  ----------  ----------- 
                  Technical 
 Jim Davidson      Director       169,200         210,274       50,823        1.38 
--------------  ------------  ---------------  -------------  ----------  ----------- 
 

1. Refers to shares originally granted on 15 May 2012 under the Company's 2011 Longer-Term Share Plan in respect of the period 1 July 2012 to 30 July 2016 that vested on 6 October 2016

2. Refers to shares originally granted on 23 December 2013 under the Company's 2012 Performance Share Plan in respect of the period 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2016 that vested on 6 October 2016

3. Originally granted on 28 November 2014, deferred awards over ordinary shares in the Company under the annual performance bonus plan that vested on 6 October 2016

There are currently 529,989,968 Ordinary Shares, which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in (or a change to their interest in) Petra under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

2. Current Shareholdings of Directors

 
 Director                Total Holding of          Resulting Percentage 
                          Ordinary Shares          Holding in the Company 
                     following the transactions 
-----------------  ----------------------------  ------------------------ 
 Johan Dippenaar             1,160,719                     0.22% 
-----------------  ----------------------------  ------------------------ 
 

The above holdings are stated as at 17 October 2016, being the date of this announcement, with the total shares in issue (after exercise) being 529,989,968.

Ends

For further information, please contact:

 
 Petra Diamonds, London   Telephone: [phone] 
                           8203 
 Salisha Ilyas            [e-mail] 
 
 Buchanan                 Telephone: [phone] 
                           5000 
 (PR Adviser) 
 Bobby Morse              [e-mail] 
 Anna Michniewicz         [e-mail] 
 
 RBC Capital Markets      Telephone: [phone] 
                           4000 
 (Joint Broker) 
 Matthew Coakes           [e-mail] 
 Jonathan Hardy           [e-mail] 
 
 Barclays                 Telephone: [phone] 
                           2323 
 (Joint Broker) 
 Bertie Whitehead         [e-mail] 
 Philip Drake             [e-mail] 
 
 BMO Capital Markets      Telephone: [phone] 
                           1010 
 (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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