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24 March 2017
AIM: STEL
Stellar Diamonds plc
("Stellar" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
Issue of Equity
Director Dealings
and Total Voting Rights
Stellar Diamonds plc, the London listed diamond development company focused on West Africa, announced on 27 February 2017 details of the Open Offer, Subscription and issue of Director Fee Shares which were all conditional on, inter alia, Shareholder approval.
The Board is pleased to announce that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions were duly passed.
Pursuant to the Open Offer and Subscription and conditional on Admission (as defined below), the Company will have raised gross proceeds of £203,751 through the issue of 3,704,567 new ordinary shares at a price of 5.5 pence per share ("Issue price"). In addition, as previously announced, conditional on Admission, 1,314,969 new Ordinary Shares will be issued to certain Directors of the Company in settlement of outstanding fees owed (also at the Issue Price).
Following Admission, the Directors will hold the following numbers of ordinary shares in the Company:
Director | Number of shares held prior to Admission | Number of Director Fee Shares | Number of Subscription Shares | Number of shares held following Admission | Percentage holding of issued share capital following Admission |
Peter Daresbury | 628,936 | 639,358 | - | 1,268,294 | 2.97% |
Karl Smithson | 728,266 | 389,844 | - | 1,118,110 | 2.62% |
Steven Poulton | 567,342 | 285,767 | 363,636 | 1,216,745 | 2.85% |
Admission and Total voting rights
Application has been made for 5,019,536 new Ordinary Shares (comprising the Open Offer Shares, Subscription Shares and Director Fee Shares) to be admitted to trading on AIM and accordingly dealings are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 27 March 2017.
Following Admission, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 42,721,618 and Shareholders may use this figure 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 FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The new Ordinary Shares issued in relation to the Open Offer, Subscription and Director Fee Shares will, when issued, rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares of the Company.
Unless the context requires otherwise, all capitalised terms in this announcement have the same meanings as those given to them in the circular to shareholders, dated 28 February 2017, containing full details of the Open Offer, Subscription and issue of Director Fee Shares which is available on the Company's website at www.stellar-diamonds.com.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
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For further information contact the following:
Karl Smithson, CEO Philip Knowles, CFO | Stellar Diamonds plc Stellar Diamonds plc | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7010 7686 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7010 7686 |
Emma Earl Sandy Jamieson | Cairn Financial Advisers (Nominated Adviser) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7213 0880 |
Jon Bellis | Beaufort Securities Limited (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7382 8300 |
Martin Lampshire
Rory Scott | Peterhouse Corporate Finance (Joint Broker)
Mirabaud Securities (Financial Advisers) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 0930
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7878 3360 |
Lottie Brocklehurst Charlotte Page | St Brides Partners Ltd (Financial PR) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 |
About Stellar Diamonds plc
Stellar is an AIM listed (AIM: STEL) West African focused diamond company with projects at the trial mining and mine development stages in Sierra Leone and Guinea.
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