12th Jun 2013 17:25
12 June 2013
Sirius Minerals Plc
Exercise of Options
The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY) ("Sirius" or the "Company") announce the receipt of an Exercise Notice in relation to 500,000 share options issued in March 2010. Therefore, the Company has issued and allotted 500,000 new Ordinary Shares of 0.25p per share ("Ordinary Shares") at 4p per share raising a total of £20,000. The monies will be used for general working capital purposes.
An application has been made for the 500,000 new Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM and trading in such shares is expected to commence on or around 14 June 2013.
Following the issue of the Ordinary Shares, the total number of shares in issue and the total number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights will be 1,347,980,332. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change of interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Sirius Minerals Plc | |||
Investor Relations
| Tel: +44 8455 240 247
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NOMAD/ Joint Broker | Joint Brokers | Joint Brokers | Media Enquiries |
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited | Liberum Capital Limited | Jefferies Hoare Govett | Pelham Bell Pottinger |
Steve Baldwin, Raj Khatri | Michael Rawlinson, Clayton Bush | Peter Bacchus
| Charles Vivian, Lorna Spears |
Tel: +44 20 3037 2000 | Tel: +44 20 3100 2222 | Tel: +44 20 7029 8000 | Tel: +44 20 7861 3232 |
About Sirius Minerals Plc
Sirius Minerals is a globally diversified potash development company. Its primary focus is to bring on stream major potash mining facilities through the acquisition and development of projects overlying recognised potash deposits. Today it holds properties in the United Kingdom (North Yorkshire), the United States (North Dakota), and Australia (Queensland). Incorporated in 2003, Sirius Minerals' shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market. Its shares are also traded in the United States on the OTCQX through a sponsored ADR facility. Further information on the Company can be found at www.siriusminerals.com.
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