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RNS Number : 9015R
BlueRock Diamonds PLC
27 September 2017
27 September 2017
BlueRock Diamonds PLC
("BlueRock" or the "Company" or "BRD")
Changes to non-executive board and remuneration
BlueRock Diamonds plc, the AIM listed diamond mining company,
which owns and operates the
Kareevlei Diamond Mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa
("Kareevlei") announces the issue and cancellation of certain share
options, the resignation of Andre Markgraaff and the issue of
salary shares to non-executive directors.
Now that the Company is nearing run rate operating breakeven,
the Board has reviewed its composition and its remuneration policy
for non-executive directors, who hitherto have received no fees for
their work.
Resignation of Andre Markgraaff and future appointments
The Company announces the resignation of Andre Markgraaff who
will be stepping down from the Board with immediate effect in order
to concentrate on his other business interests. In recognition of
Andre's services for which he has received no remuneration in the 4
years that he has been a director the Board has agreed to issue
752,941 shares at the closing mid-market price on 25 September 2017
of 2.125p amounting to GBP16,000 and Andre has agreed to relinquish
all of his outstanding options. The Board wish to thank Andre for
his contribution to the Company and wish him well for the
future.
The board is currently seeking to appoint further board members
or senior consultants to provide the expertise that the Company
needs in order to achieve its expansion plans. We expect to make
further announcements in this regard over the next couple of
months.
Cancellation of options
The non-executive directors were awarded options at the time the
Company was admitted to AIM in 2013 at 18p, 40p and 55p. The board
consider that these options provide no realistic incentive and,
accordingly, it has been agreed with the individual directors to
cancel these options.
Non executive director remuneration
The Board has agreed to commence the payment of service fees to
Tim Leslie and Paul Beck of GBP12,000 per annum and GBP24,000 per
annum respectively. In order to conserve cash, it has been agreed
that these fees will be satisfied in shares a year in advance
("Salary Shares").
Accordingly the board has today agreed to issue 564,706 shares
to Tim Leslie and 1,129,412 shares to Paul Beck.
Following the issue of Salary Shares, shares being issued to Mr
Markgraaff, and shares in consideration for services, Mr Leslie, Mr
Beck and Mr. Markgraff will hold shares as follows:
Individual No. of ordinary % holding
shares
--------------- ---------------- ----------
Mr Leslie 10,636,783 7.6%
--------------- ---------------- ----------
Mr Beck 3,680,643 2.6%
--------------- ---------------- ----------
Mr Markgraaff 1,452,941 1.0%
--------------- ---------------- ----------
In addition to the issue of shares in satisfaction of Directors'
remuneration, the Company has also approved the issue of 70,588 new
ordinary shares in consideration for professional services.
Grant of share options to non-executives
In recognition of their continued support for the Company it has
been agreed to grant each of Tim Leslie and Paul Beck options over
4,127,088 and 767,200 ordinary shares respectively at an exercise
price of 1.75p.
In order to remain within the board's stated intention that a
maximum of 15 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company
(as enlarged) from time to time will be under option 3,000,000
options will be granted to Tim Leslie now and the balance as and
when there is sufficient headroom for the grant of options
available under the Company's 15% restriction. Half of the total
number of options vest after 1 year and half after 2 years, both
tranches are subject to the share price having reached 3p during
the period.
Following the grants of the New Share Options, Mr Leslie and Mr
Beck will hold share options as follows:
Individual No. of No. of options Exercise
ordinary price (p)
shares
subject
to share
options
------------ ---------- --------------- -----------
Mr Leslie 3,000,000 3,000,000 1.75
------------ ---------- --------------- -----------
Mr Beck 2,751,392 992,096 1.25
767,200 1.75
992,096 2.25
------------ ---------- --------------- -----------
Related Party Transactions
Tim Leslie and Paul Beck as directors of the Company are
"related parties" as defined under the AIM Rules and accordingly
the grant of the Share Options is a related party transaction for
the purposes of Rule 13 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
As recent share option awards have also been made to the
Company's executive director there are no Directors deemed to be
independent of the grant of Share Options. Accordingly, SP Angel
Corporate Finance LLP ("SP Angel"), the Company's nominated
adviser, considers that the grant of the Share Options to
executives and non-executives as announced today and on 19 January
2017 and 10 August 2017 is fair and reasonable insofar as the
shareholders of the Company are concerned.
The issue of the Salary Shares is also being treated as a
related party transaction, and Adam Waugh, the Director independent
of the issue of Salary Shares considers, having consulted with the
Company's nominated adviser, SP Angel, that the terms of the issue
of Salary Shares are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's
shareholders are concerned.
The issue of shares to Andre Markgraff is also being treated as
a related party transaction, and, the Directors independent of the
issue of shares, being the full ongoing board, considers, having
consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, SP Angel, that the
terms of the issue of shares are fair and reasonable insofar as the
Company's shareholders are concerned.
Application will be made for the total of 2,517,647 new shares
to be issued, which will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary
Shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is
expected that Admission will become effective and dealings will
commence on or around 2 October 2017.
Total Voting Rights
Following the issue of these shares, the issued share capital of
the Company will consist of 139,227,227 Ordinary Shares. No shares
were held in treasury at the date of this announcement. The total
current voting rights in the Company are therefore 139,227,227.
The above total current voting rights number is the figure which
may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation
by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.
Adam Waugh, Chief Executive Officer of BlueRock Diamonds,
commented: "The revised structure and remuneration for our
non-executive board provides a firm basis for our continued
development."
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
Certain information contained in this announcement would have
been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this
announcement.
For further information, please contact:
BlueRock Diamonds plc
Adam Waugh, CEO
awaugh@bluerockdiamonds.co.uk
SP Angel (NOMAD and Broker)
Stuart Gledhill / Lindsay Mair
+44 (0)20 3470 0470
Yellow Jersey (PR and IR)
Felicity Winkles / Joe Burgess / Katie Bairsto
+44 (0) 7769 325254
About BlueRock Diamonds plc (AIM: BRD)
BlueRock is a diamond mining company with activities in the
Kimberley region of South Africa. BlueRock own a diamond processing
plant and the mining right over the Kareevlei Tenements in South
Africa.
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS
DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
1. Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
--- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name: Tim Leslie
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
2. Reason for the notification
--- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status: Non-executive
Director
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
--- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name: BlueRock Diamonds
plc
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
b) LEI: 213800LVSJ2RNI3SSN92
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares
instrument, type of instrument: of 1 pence each
Identification code: GB00B84H1764
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
b) Nature of the transaction: Issue of salary
shares and share
options
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s): Issue of salary
shares: Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
2.125p 564,706
--------- ----------
Issue of options: Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
1.75p 3,000,000
--------- ----------
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information: Single transaction
Aggregated volume: as in 4 c) above
Price: Issue of salary
shares: Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
2.125p 564,706
--------- ----------
Issue of options: Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
1.75p 3,000,000
--------- ----------
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction: 25 September 2017
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction: Outside a trading
venue
--- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
1. Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
--- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name: Paul Beck
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
2. Reason for the notification
--- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status: Non-executive
Chairman
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
--- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name: BlueRock Diamonds
plc
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
b) LEI: 213800LVSJ2RNI3SSN92
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares
instrument, type of instrument: of 1 pence each
Identification code: GB00B84H1764
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
b) Nature of the transaction: Issue of salary
shares and share
options
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s): Issue of salary
shares Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
2.125p 1,129,412
--------- ----------
Issue of options Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
1.75p 767,200
--------- ----------
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information: Single transaction
Aggregated volume: as in 4 c) above
Price: Issue of salary
shares Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
2.125p 1,129,412
--------- ----------
Issue of options Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
1.75p 767,200
--------- ----------
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction: 25 September 2017
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction: Outside a trading
venue
--- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
1. Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
--- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name: Andre Markgraaff
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
2. Reason for the notification
--- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status: Non-executive
Director
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
--- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name: BlueRock Diamonds
plc
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) LEI: 213800LVSJ2RNI3SSN92
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares
instrument, type of instrument: of 1 pence each
Identification code: GB00B84H1764
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) Nature of the transaction: Issue of shares
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s): Issue of shares: Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
2.125p 752,941
--------- ----------
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information: Single transaction
Aggregated volume: as in 4 c) above
Price: Issue of shares: Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
2.125p 752,941
--------- ----------
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction: 25 September 2017
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction: Outside a trading
venue
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
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