Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC Issue of Securities (9275M)

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RNS Number : 9275M

Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC

14 January 2019

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc

(NYSE American: CMCL; AIM: CMCL; TSX: CAL)

Issue of Securities to Directors and Long Term Incentive Awards

St Helier, January 14, 2019: Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc (the "Company" or "Caledonia") announces that following the maturing of long term incentive plan awards on January 11, 2019 (i) a total of 93,664 securities in the Company have been issued to Caledonia's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and (ii) the Company has made new long term incentive plan awards to members of its senior management team.

The securities have been issued in the form of depositary interests representing shares in the Company. The number of securities issued and the resulting interests of the recipients in the share capital of the Company are set out below:

 
 Name              Position                        Number of     Resulting interest 
                                                    depositary    in share capital of 
                                                    interests     the Company (number 
                                                    issued        and percentage) 
                   Director and Chief Executive 
 Steve Curtis       Officer                        67,082        161,382 (1.5%) 
                  ------------------------------  ------------  --------------------- 
                   Director and Chief Financial 
 Mark Learmonth     Officer                        26,582        96,688 (0.9%) 
                  ------------------------------  ------------  --------------------- 
 

Application has been made by Caledonia for the admission of the depositary interests to trading on AIM and it is anticipated that trading in such securities will commence on January 16, 2019.

Following issue of the shares underlying the depositary interests, the Company has a total number of shares in issue of 10,696,817 common shares of no par value each. Caledonia has no shares in treasury; therefore, this figure may be used by holders of securities in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company.

Further details of the transactions are set out in the notifications below.

Caledonia also announces that the Compensation Committee of the board of directors has made new long term incentive plan awards under the Company's 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan") to the following members of its senior management:

 
 Name             Position                        Grant values 
 Steve Curtis     Director and Chief Executive    USD270,000 
                   Officer 
                 ------------------------------  ------------- 
 Dana Roets       Chief Operating Officer         USD170,000 
                 ------------------------------  ------------- 
 Caxton Mangezi   General Manager, Blanket Mine   USD143,401 
                 ------------------------------  ------------- 
 

The awards are in the form of Performance Units ("PSUs") as defined in the Plan and constitute the combined "Tranche 4 PSUs" and "Tranche 5 PSUs" as set out in the announcement of the Company made on January 12, 2016, as increased commensurate with increases in recipients' salaries since 2016. The vesting date for the PSUs shall be the third anniversary of the date of the award, being January 11, 2022.

The number of PSUs awarded is equal to the monetary value of the award divided by the "Fair Market Value" (as defined in the Plan) of the Company's shares, being the greater of (i) the closing price of Caledonia's shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange on the trading day preceding the date of the award or (ii) the volume-weighted average closing price of Caledonia's shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the five days preceding the date of the award, converted to the USD equivalent based on the CAD/USD exchange rate for the 3 months immediately preceding the valuation date, i.e. approximately USD 6.09.

The final number of PSUs which vest on maturity of the awards will be adjusted to reflect the actual performance of the Company in terms of targeted gold production. If actual performance is less than 70% of target, no PSUs will vest; if actual performance is greater than 70% of target, the number of vesting PSUs will be adjusted pro rata on a linear basis, subject to a maximum of 200% of the initial target PSUs. Each PSU entitles the participant to receive the cash equivalent of the Fair Market Value of one Caledonia common share on the maturity of the award or alternatively to elect to receive some or all of the PSUs in the form of securities in the Company.

For further information please contact:

 
 Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc 
  Mark Learmonth                                     Tel: [phone] 
  Maurice Mason                                      Tel: [phone] 
 WH Ireland 
  Adrian Hadden/Jessica Cave/James Sinclair-Ford     Tel: [phone] 
 Blytheweigh 
  Tim Blythe/Camilla Horsfall/Megan Ray              Tel: [phone] 
 

Note: This announcement contains inside information which is disclosed in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
       closely associated 
 a)   Name                              Steve Curtis 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                   Director and Chief Executive Officer 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/ Amendment   Initial notification 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                              Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                               21380093ZBI4BFM75Y51 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 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      Depositary interests representing 
       instrument, type of instrument    common shares of no par value 
 
       Identification code               JE00BF0XVB15 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction         Issue of securities 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)             Price(s)     Volume(s) 
                                          CAD8.0742    67,082 
                                                      ---------- 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume                67,082 
 
       - Price                            CAD8.0742 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction           11 January 2019 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction          AIM of the London Stock Exchange 
                                         plc 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
       closely associated 
 a)   Name                              Mark Learmonth 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                   Director and Chief Financial Officer 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/ Amendment   Initial notification 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                              Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                               21380093ZBI4BFM75Y51 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 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      Depositary interests representing 
       instrument, type of instrument    common shares of no par value 
 
       Identification code               JE00BF0XVB15 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction         Issue of securities 

     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)             Price(s)     Volume(s) 
                                          CAD8.0742    26,582 
                                                      ---------- 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume                26,582 
 
       - Price                            CAD8.0742 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction           11 January 2019 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction          AIM of the London Stock Exchange 
                                         plc 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 

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