7th Feb 2020 07:38
7 February 2020 | AIM/ASX Code: SO4
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SALT LAKE POTASH LIMITED COMPLETION OF PLACEMENT AND DIRECTORS' SUBSCRIPTION |
Salt Lake Potash Limited ("the Company") is pleased to announce that it has now completed the placement of 33.6 million new ordinary shares of the Company, to raise gross proceeds of A$23.5 million ("Placement"), first announced on 6 December 2020.
The second tranche of the Placement has been completed following shareholder approval at a General Meeting held on 29 January 2020. The issue comprised 678,571 ordinary shares of no par value at a price of A$0.70 per share, including 428,571 shares subscribed for by the CEO, Mr Tony Swiericzuk, and 250,000 shares by the Company's Chairman, Mr Ian Middlemas.
The Company has also issued 1 share to each holder (a total of 4 shares) of the 7,500,000 Class B Performance Shares that expired 31 December 2019, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Performance Shares.
Application has been made to the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange ("AIM") for the admission of the 678,575 Ordinary Shares, which rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to trading. Dealings on AIM are expected to commence at 8:00am on or around 12 February 2020 ("Admission").
Total Voting Rights
For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), following Admission, Salt Lake will have 290,289,806 Ordinary Shares in issue with voting rights attached. Salt Lake holds no shares in treasury. This figure of 290,289,806 may be used by shareholders in the Company 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 the Company, under the ASX Listing Rules or the DTRs.
Directors' interests
Following the issue of these shares, the directors will have the following interests in shares:
Number of shares | Percentage of issued share capital | |
Ian Middlemas | 12,000,000 | 4.13% |
Tony Swiericzuk | 1,647,210 | 0.57% |
Mr Swiericzuk also holds an indirect interest in 5 million incentive options and 7,288,324 performance rights.
The Notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation provide additional information.
For further information please visit www.so4.com.au or contact:
Tony Swierizcuk / Richard Knights | Salt Lake Potash Limited | Tel: +61 8 6559 5800 |
Colin Aaronson / Richard Tonthat / Seamus Fricker | Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100 |
Derrick Lee / Peter Lynch | Cenkos Securities plc (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 131 220 6939 |
Rupert Fane / Ernest Bell | Hannam & Partners (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7907 8500 |
Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Persons Closely Associated with them
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Tony Swiericzuk | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| Salt Lake Potash Limited | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800WAVVOPS85N2205 | |||
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
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of no par value | |||
Identification code | AU000000SO44 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Subscription for cash in a placement by the Company | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
A$0.70 | 678,571 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | Aggregate volume: 428,571 Aggregate price: 70 Australian cents Aggregate total: A$300,000 | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 7 February 2020 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off market transaction | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Ian Middlemas | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chairman | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| Salt Lake Potash Limited | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800WAVVOPS85N2205 | |||
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
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of no par value | |||
Identification code | AU000000SO44 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Subscription for cash in a placement by the Company | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
A$0.70 | 250,000 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | Aggregate volume: 250,000 Aggregate price: 70 Australian cents Aggregate total: A$175,000 | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 7 February 2020 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off market transaction | |||
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