2 February 2023
Botswana Diamonds PLC
("Botswana Diamonds" or the "Company")
Total Voting Rights
Director / PDMR shareholding
Admission became effective and dealings commenced today in the 87,262,120 new ordinary shares issued pursuant to the issue of the second tranche of consideration shares due following completion of the acquisition of Vutomi and following an exercise of warrants, details of which were announced on 27 January 2023 ("Announcement").
For the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Company announces the following:
Following Admission, Botswana Diamonds will have 1,043,877,899 Ordinary Shares in issue which will also represent the total number of voting rights in the Company. The above figure should be used by shareholders 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 and Transparency Rules.
Certain of the Directors exercised warrants and received second tranche consideration shares, details of which were set out in the Announcement and in the Appendix below, disclosure of which is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.
A copy of this announcement is available on the Company's website, www.botswanadiamonds.co.uk
Enquiries:
| Botswana Diamonds PLC James Campbell, Managing Director Jim Finn, Director |
+353 1 833 2833 +27 83 457 3724 +353 1 833 2833 |
| Beaumont Cornish - Nominated Adviser Roland Cornish |
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| Beaumont Cornish Limited - Broker Felicity Geidt | +44 (0) 207 628 3396 |
| First Equity Limited - Joint Broker
| +44 (0) 207 374 2212 |
| BlytheRay - PR Said Izagaren
| +44 (0) 207 138 3206 +44 (0) 207 138 3553 +44 (0) 207 138 3206 +44 (0) 207 138 3206
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| Teneo Luke Hogg Alan Tyrrell
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+353 (0) 1 661 4055 +353 (0) 1 661 4055
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APPENDIX
The following disclosure is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||||
| a) | Name | James Campbell | |||||||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||||
| a) | Position/ status | Managing Director | |||||||||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |||||||||||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||||
| a) | Name | Botswana Diamonds PLC | |||||||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800UEF1WVQZIZRA91 | |||||||||||
| 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 instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 0.025p each ("Ordinary Shares") | |||||||||||
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| Identification code | GB00B5TFC825
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction | Issued as consideration | |||||||||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | |
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| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||||||||||
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| - Aggregated volume | 4,745,977 Ordinary Shares | ||||||||||||
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| - Price | UK£0.0085 | ||||||||||||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction | 2 February 2023 | |||||||||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||||||||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||||||||||
| a) | Name | 1. John Teeling 2. James Finn 3. James Campbell | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||||||||||
| a) | Position/ status | 1. Executive Chairman 2. Finance Director 3. Managing Director | |||||||||||||||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |||||||||||||||||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||||||||||
| a) | Name | Botswana Diamonds PLC | |||||||||||||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800UEF1WVQZIZRA91 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 0.025p each ("Ordinary Shares") | |||||||||||||||||
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| Identification code | GB00B5TFC825
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction | Exercise of warrants | |||||||||||||||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | |
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| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||||||||||||||||
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| - Aggregated volume | 15,003,455 Ordinary Shares | ||||||||||||||||||
| | | ||||||||||||||||||
| - Price | UK£0.0060 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction | 2 February 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||||||||||||||||
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