Petra Diamonds Limited Results of General Meeting (2897R)

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RNS Number : 2897R

Petra Diamonds Limited

13 June 2018

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PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 
 
 
 
 13 June 2018   LSE: PDL 
 

Petra Diamonds Limited

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

Results of Special General Meeting

Petra Diamonds Limited announces that, at the Special General Meeting held earlier today, the Resolutions set out in the Notice of Special General Meeting contained within the combined prospectus and circular dated 24 May 2018 were voted on by poll and were approved by shareholders. The results of the poll for each Resolution were as follows:

 
         Resolutions                 Votes         % of      Votes      % of       Total        Total 
                                   for (incl.      Votes    against     Votes      Votes         Votes 
                                 discretionary)    cast                 Cast        Cast       Withheld 
-----------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------- 
      1. To approve 
       the increase 
       in authorised 
       share capital.               365,942,345    99.87     482,192     0.13   366,424,537   35,228,956 
-----------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------- 
      2. To grant 
       authority to 
       the Directors 
       to allot Ordinary 
       Shares for the 
       purposes of 
       the Rights Issue.            365,841,683    99.84     582,854     0.16   366,424,537   35,228,956 
-----------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------- 
      3. To disapply 
       statutory pre-emption 
       rights in relation 
       to the allotment 
       of the Ordinary 
       Shares for the 
       purposes of 
       the Rights Issue. 
       (1)                          363,082,994    99.09   3,337,268     0.91   366,420,262   35,233,231 
-----------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------- 
 

(1.) Special resolution

The poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com.

The Record Date for entitlements under the Rights Issue for Qualifying Shareholders and to vote at the Special General Meeting was close of business on 11 June 2018. As at the Record Date, the total number of Existing Ordinary Shares eligible to be voted at the Special General Meeting was 532,514,760 shares.

The passing of the Resolutions will enable the Company to proceed with the fully underwritten Rights Issue to raise net proceeds of approximately US$170 million. The Rights Issue remains conditional upon, amongst other things, Admission of the Rights Issue Shares (nil paid) becoming effective by not later than 8.00 a.m. on 14 June 2018 (or such later time and/or date as the Company and the Joint Bookrunners may agree, being no later than 16 July 2018).

Provisional Allotment Letters in connection with the Rights Issue are expected to be posted today to Qualifying Non--CREST Shareholders and Qualifying CREST Shareholders will receive a credit to their appropriate stock accounts in CREST in respect of the DI Nil Paid Rights to which they are entitled as soon as practicable after 8.00 a.m. on 14 June 2018.

Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority for 332,821,725 Rights Issue Shares to be admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UKLA Listing Authority, and to the London Stock Exchange for such Rights Issue Shares to be admitted (nil paid) to trading on their main market for listed securities. These Rights Issue Shares will be issued under authority granted by the Resolutions passed at today's Special General Meeting.

It is expected that Admission will take place, and that dealings (for normal settlement) in the Rights Issue Shares will commence, nil paid, at 8.00 a.m. on 14 June 2018. The latest date for acceptance, payment in full and registration of renunciation of Provisional Allotment Letters for the Rights Issue is 11.00 a.m. on 28 June 2018. The expected timetable for the Rights Issue is set out in the Appendix to this announcement.

Copies of the Resolutions passed at the Special General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

Capitalised terms not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the combined circular and prospectus published by the Company on 24 May 2018, which is available on the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com.

For further information, please contact:

   Petra Diamonds, London                                         Telephone: [phone] 

Cathy Malins [e-mail]

Cornelia Grant [e-mail]

Buchanan Telephone: [phone]

(PR Adviser)

   Bobby Morse                                                               [e-mail] 

Anna Michniewicz

   RBC Capital Markets                                               Telephone: [phone] 

(Sponsor, Global Co-ordinator,

Joint Bookrunner and Underwriter)

Matthew Coakes

Jonathan Hardy

Rupert Walford

   Barclays Bank PLC                                                   Telephone: [phone] 

(Joint International Bookrunner and Underwriter)

Caroline Learmonth

Robert Mayhew

Philip Drake

   BMO Capital Markets Limited                                 Telephone: [phone] 

(Joint Bookrunner and Underwriter)

Jeffrey Couch

Neil Haycock

Thomas Rider

About Petra Diamonds Limited

Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and a consistent supplier of gem quality rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has a diversified portfolio incorporating 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's strategy is to focus on value rather than volume production by optimising recoveries from its high quality asset base in order to maximise the efficiency and profitability of its operations. The Group has a significant resource base in excess of 300 million carats, which supports the potential for long-life operations.

Petra conducts all operations according to the highest ethical standards and will only operate in countries which are members of the Kimberley Process. The Company aims to generate tangible value for each of its stakeholders, thereby contributing to the socio-economic development of its host countries and supporting long-term sustainable operations to the benefit of its employees, partners and communities.

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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. The information in this announcement is subject to change. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Rights Issue.

The distribution of this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or the Provisional Allotment Letter and/or the transfer of the Rights Issue Shares into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law, and, therefore, persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or the Provisional Allotment Letter comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia). This announcement does not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offer in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

RBC Europe Limited (trading as RBC Capital Markets) ("RBC"), Barclays Bank PLC (acting through its investment bank) ("Barclays") are each authorised in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and regulated by the PRA and the FCA in the United Kingdom. BMO Capital Markets Limited ("BMO", together with RBC and Barclays, the "Joint Bookrunners"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA. The Joint Bookrunners are each acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the Rights Issue and Admission, will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this document) as a client in relation to the Rights Issue or Admission and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, or for providing advice, in relation to the Rights Issue or Admission or any other transaction or arrangement referred to herein.

No action has been taken by the Company, RBC, Barclays or BMO that would permit an offering of the Nil Paid Rights, the DI Nil Paid Rights, the Rights Issue Shares or the New DIs, or possession or distribution of this announcement, the Prospectus, the Provisional Allotment Letter or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Nil Paid Rights, the DI Nil Paid Rights, the Rights Issue Shares or the New DIs in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required by the Company, RBC, Barclays and BMO to inform themselves about, and to observe, such restrictions. Subject to applicable law and regulation, Barclays, as Joint International Bookrunner, will effect offers and sales of the Securities outside South Africa.

No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by, RBC, Barclays or BMO, or their respective affiliates or agents, as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.

In connection with the proposed Rights Issue, RBC, Barclays and BMO, and any of their affiliates, may in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions, engage in transactions in relation to the Nil Paid Rights, the DI Nil Paid Rights, the Rights Issue Shares, the New DIs and/or related instruments for their own account for the purpose of hedging their underwriting exposure or otherwise. Accordingly, references in the Prospectus to the Nil Paid Rights, the DI Nil Paid Rights, the Rights Issue Shares or the New DIs being issued, offered, subscribed, acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should be read as including any issue or offer to, or subscription, acquisition, placing or dealing by, RBC, Barclays and BMO, and any of their affiliates acting in such capacity. In addition RBC, Barclays and BMO, and any of their affiliates, may enter into financing arrangements (including swaps or contracts for difference) with investors in connection with which RBC, Barclays and BMO, and any of their affiliates, may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of Securities. RBC, Barclays and BMO do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.

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appendix 1

Expected Timetable of Principal Events

The times and dates below are indicative only and may be subject to change(1) .

 
 Despatch of Provisional Allotment Letters     13 June 2018 
  (to Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders 
  only) 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Admission of Rights Issue Shares (nil         8.00 a.m. on 
  paid)                                         14 June 2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Commencement of dealings in Rights            8.00 a.m. on 
  Issue Shares, nil paid, on the London         14 June 2018 
  Stock Exchange 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Existing Shares marked "ex-rights"            8.00 a.m. on 
  by the London Stock Exchange                  14 June 2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 DI Nil Paid Rights credited to CREST          as soon as 
  accounts of Qualifying DI Holders(2)          practicable 
                                                after 8.00 
                                                a.m. on 14 
                                                June 2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 DI Nil Paid Rights enabled in CREST           as soon as 
                                                practicable 
                                                after 8.00 
                                                a.m. on 14 
                                                June 2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Latest time and date for receipt of           3.00 p.m. on 
  instructions under Special Dealing            22 June 2018 
  Service in respect of Cashless Take-up 
  or disposal of Nil Paid Rights 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Dealings carried out in relation to           26 June 2018 
  Cashless Take-up or disposal of Nil 
  Paid Rights under Special Dealing Service 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Recommended latest time and date for          4.30 p.m. on 
  requesting withdrawal of DI Nil Paid          22 June 2018 
  Rights from CREST (i.e. if your DI 
  Nil Paid Rights are in CREST and you 
  wish to convert them into certificated 
  form) 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Recommended latest time and date for          3.00 p.m. on 
  depositing renounced Provisional Allotment    23 June 2018 
  Letters into CREST or for dematerialising 
  Nil Paid Rights into a CREST stock 
  account 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Latest time and date for splitting            3.00 p.m. on 
  Provisional Allotment Letters (nil            26 June 2018 
  paid) 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Latest time and date for acceptance           11.00 a.m. 
  and payment through CREST in respect          on 28 June 
  of DI Nil Paid Rights                         2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Latest time and date for acceptance,          11.00 a.m. 
  payment in full and registration of           on 28 June 
  renounced Provisional Allotment Letters       2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Expected date of announcement of the          29 June 2018 
  results of the Rights Issue (including 
  rump placement, if any) 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Dealings in Rights Issue Shares (fully        By 8.00 a.m. 
  paid) commence on the London Stock            on 29 June 
  Exchange                                      2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Rights Issue Shares credited to CREST         As soon as 
  stock accounts                                practicable 
                                                after 8.00 
                                                a.m. on 29 
                                                June 2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Settlement in respect of rump shares          3 July 2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Expected despatch of definitive share         By no later 
  certificates for the Rights Issue Shares      than 10 July 
  in certificated form                          2018 
--------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 

Notes:

   1.     All references to time in this timetable are to London, UK time unless otherwise stated. 

2. The times and dates set out in the expected timetable of principal events above and mentioned throughout the Prospectus may be adjusted, in which event details of the new times and dates will be notified to the UK Listing Authority, the London Stock Exchange and where appropriate, Qualifying Shareholders through the Regulatory Information Service. References to the times are to London, UK time unless otherwise dated.

3. Subject to certain restrictions relating to Overseas Shareholders. See paragraph 9 of Part 10 of the Prospectus: "Terms and Conditions of the Rights Issue".

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