Scotgold Resources Ltd Share Consolidation and Notice of General Meeting (7397L)

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RNS Number : 7397L

Scotgold Resources Ltd

21 July 2017

21 July 2017

Scotgold Resources Limited (AIM:SGZ)

("Scotgold" or the "Company")

Share Consolidation and Notice of General Meeting

The Company has today published a notice of general meeting ("Notice") to be held at 11:00am (BST) (London time) on 21 August 2017 at ICAEW, Chartered Accountants' Hall, Business Centre, Moorgate Place, London EC2R 6EA ("Meeting").

The Meeting has been convened by the Company's board of directors to seek shareholder approval for the consolidation of the Company's shares on a 1 for 100 basis.

The Notice is available from the Company's website at www.scotgoldresources.com

The Notice together with the individualised proxy form is also being dispatched to shareholders.

Key details of the proposed consolidation of the Company's shares, including the anticipated timetable, are set out below.

Proposed Share Consolidation

The Notice describes the proposal for a consolidation of share capital ("Share Consolidation") and the resolution required to effect this to be put to shareholders at the Meeting.

The Directors are proposing that every 100 existing ordinary shares in the Company be consolidated into one new ordinary share in the Company ("New Ordinary Shares"). As at 21 July 2017, the Company had 1,593,270,665 existing ordinary shares ("Existing Ordinary Shares") on issue. Following the consolidation the Company will have approximately 15,932,707 shares in issue (subject to fractional roundings). The New Ordinary Shares will continue to trade under the same ticker (SGZ) but will have a new ISIN: AU000XINEAK5.

Options currently in issue will also be consolidated on a 1 for 100 basis, and the exercise price adjusted accordingly.

Following the Share Consolidation, shareholders will still hold the same proportion of the Company's ordinary share capital as before the Share Consolidation. The New Ordinary Shares will carry equivalent rights as the Existing Ordinary Shares.

Full details of the Share Consolidation, including the treatment of fractional holdings, are set out in the Notice and the accompanying explanatory notes.

The Directors are proposing the Share Consolidation as the number of shares currently in issue is considerably higher than the majority of companies of similar market capitalisation on AIM, and the Board believes that this, combined with the current share price of significantly less than 1 pence per Existing Ordinary Share (as at 20 July 2017) affects investor perception of the Company and share price volatility. Accordingly, the primary objective of the Share Consolidation is to reduce the number of Existing Ordinary Shares to a level which is more in line with other comparable AIM-traded companies with the intention of also creating a higher share price per ordinary share in the capital of the Company. The Directors believe that the Share Consolidation should improve the liquidity and marketability of the Company's ordinary shares.

The Notice also sets out that the Company is intending to undertake a minimum parcel sale in accordance with clause 3 of the Company's constitution. This process will apply only to holdings of less than AUD$500 at the time of the Share Consolidation. This is intended to reduce the Company's costs, in particular administration costs, going forward. Further information on that process will be contained in correspondence delivered to Shareholders holding a minimum shareholding (as defined in the Constitution). It is noted that the Share Consolidation has no direct impact on classification of a minimum shareholding which is calculated based on value rather than the number of shares held.

The expected timetable for the Share Consolidation is set out below:

 
 Action                                   Date 
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 Company Announces Proposed Share    21 July 
  Consolidation                       2017 
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 General Meeting                     21 August 
                                      2017 
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 Last day for pre-Consolidation      24 August 
  trading on AIM                      2017 
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 Last day for Company to register    24 August 
  transfers on a pre-Consolidation    2017 
  basis (Record Date 5pm (BST)) 
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 Post-Consolidation trading starts   25 August 
  on AIM                              2017 
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 Consolidation is effected on        25 August 
  the Australian share and UK         2017 
  Depositary Interest registers 
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Admission

Application will be made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected on or around 25 August 2017. The Company will make a further announcement in relation to total voting rights once the final number of New Ordinary Shares is calculated and confirmed at the record date.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR").

For further information please contact:

 
 Scotgold Resources   Stockdale Securities   Capital Markets    Smaller Company 
  Limited              Limited                Consultants        Capital 
                                                                 Ltd 
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 Richard Gray         Robert Finlay/         Simon Rothschild   Rupert Williams 
  - CEO                Ed Thomas 
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 Tel: [phone]     Tel: +44 (0)20         Tel [phone]    Tel: +44 
  400 306              7601 6100              167 065            (0)20 3651 
                                                                 2911 
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