TIDMSTEL
RNS Number : 7953Q
Stellar Diamonds PLC
14 September 2017
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES OR FOR DISSEMINATION
TO US NEWS WIRE SERVICES.
14 September 2017
AIM: STEL
Stellar Diamonds plc
("Stellar" or the "Company")
Completion of Placing
Open Offer to raise up to GBP200,000
Further to the announcement dated 11 September 2017 Stellar
Diamonds plc, the London listed diamond development company focused
on West Africa, announces the completion of the Placing to raise
gross proceeds of GBP330,000 through the issue of 10,153,847 new
Ordinary Shares of the Company at an issue price of 3.25 pence per
share and issue of the 1,978,437 new Ordinary Shares to Directors
and senior management in lieu of accrued fees, salary, expenses and
benefits. The Company also today provides further details of the
Open Offer to raise up to an additional GBP200,000 through the
issue of up to 6,153,846 Open Offer Shares.
A circular (the "Circular") setting out full details of the
proposed Open Offer will be sent to Shareholders tomorrow (other
than to those who have elected to receive Shareholder
communications via electronic communication) and will be available
on the Company's website www.stellar-diamonds.com. Further
information is also set out below.
Total voting rights
Following the issue of the Placing Shares and Fee Shares today,
the Company's current issued share capital comprises 54,853,902
Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each. This figure 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 share capital of
the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules. This figure excludes any new Ordinary Shares
which may be issued pursuant to the Open Offer.
For further information contact the following or visit the
Company's website at www.stellar-diamonds.com.
Karl Smithson, Stellar Diamonds plc Tel: +44 (0) 20
CEO Stellar Diamonds plc 7164 6371
Philip Knowles, Tel: +44 (0) 20
CFO 7164 6371
Emma Earl Cairn Financial Advisers Tel: +44 (0) 20
Sandy Jamieson (Nominated Adviser) 7213 0880
Jon Bellis Beaufort Securities Tel: +44 (0) 20
Limited (Joint Broker) 7382 8300
Martin Lampshire Peterhouse Corporate Tel: +44 (0) 20
Finance (Joint Broker) 7469 0930
Rory Scott
Mirabaud Securities Tel: +44 (0) 20
(Financial Advisers) 7878 3360
Tim Blythe Blytheweigh Tel: +44 (0) 20
Nick Elwes (Financial PR) 7138 3204
About Stellar Diamonds plc
Stellar is an AIM listed (AIM: STEL) diamond development company
focused on the 4.5 million carat high-grade and high value
Tongo-Tonguma kimberlite diamond project in the world famous
diamond fields of eastern Sierra Leone. An independently generated
mine plan, based on over 66,000m of drilling that has been
completed to date, envisages the production of over 4 million
carats, generating gross revenues of more than US$1.2 billion, over
a 21 year life of mine. Initial production at Tongo-Tonguma is
scheduled to occur in the first year of development, building up to
over 200,000 carats per annum, with a weighted average modelled
diamond value of $229 per carat. The Tongo-Tonguma mine is
estimated to give Stellar an attributable a Post-tax NPV(8) of
US$109 million and IRR of 30%.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE OPEN OFFER
Expected Timetable of Principal Events
Each of the times and dates set out below and mentioned
elsewhere in this announcement may be adjusted by the Company, in
which event details of the new times and dates will be notified to
a Regulatory Information Service. References to a time of day are
to London time.
2017
Record Date and time for entitlements under the Open Offer 6.00 pm 14 September
Publication of the circular and Application Forms to Qualifying Shareholders 15 September
Existing Ordinary Shares marked 'ex' entitlement by the London Stock Exchange 15 September
Basic Entitlements and Excess Entitlements credited to CREST accounts of Qualifying CREST 18 September
Shareholders
Recommended latest time and date for requesting withdrawal of Basic Entitlements and 4.30 p.m. on 26 September
Excess
Entitlements from CREST
Latest time and date for depositing Basic Entitlements Excess and Entitlements into CREST 3.00 p.m. on 27 September
Latest time and date for splitting Application Forms (to satisfy bona fide market claims 3.00 p.m. on 28 September
only)
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Application Forms from Qualifying 11.00 a.m. on 2 October
Shareholders
and payment in full under the Open Offer or settlement of relevant CREST instructions (as
appropriate)
Expected date of Admission and commencement of dealings of Open Offer Shares
8.00 a.m. on 3 October
Expected date for CREST accounts to be credited with Open Offer Shares 3 October
Share certificates in relation to Open Offer Shares (where applicable) dispatched by 13 October
Introduction to the Open Offer
The Company announced on 11 September 2017 that it raised
GBP330,000 through a placing of new Ordinary Shares at 3.25 pence
per share to provide ongoing funding whilst the Company progresses
its project equity and debt financing to bring the high grade and
high value 4.5 million carat Tongo-Tonguma mine project into
production. The Company entered into a binding conditional tribute
mining agreement and revenue share agreement (together the
"Agreements") with Octea Mining Ltd in relation to Octea's
kimberlite diamond Tonguma Project as announced on 28 April 2017
and since this date has been progressing project financing in order
that the financing conditions of the Agreements can be satisfied.
In particular, the Company is required to raise sufficient funds to
finance the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) stage of the Mine
Plan in order to complete the Agreements. Further details of the
Tonguma and Tongo projects and the Agreements are set out in
paragraphs 2 to 4 of the circular.
To provide Shareholders who have not taken part in the Placing
(which was not conditional on the Open Offer) with an opportunity
to participate in the proposed issue of new Ordinary Shares, the
Company is providing all Qualifying Shareholders with the
opportunity to subscribe for an aggregate of up to 6,153,846 Open
Offer Shares, to raise up to approximately GBP200,000 (before costs
and expenses), on the basis of 1 Open Offer Share for every 8.914
Existing Ordinary Shares held on the Record Date, at 3.25 pence per
share. Investors who participated in the Placing are Qualifying
Shareholders for the purpose of the Open Offer. Shareholders
subscribing for their full entitlement under the Open Offer may
also request additional Open Offer Shares through the Excess
Application Facility.
The net proceeds of the Placing together with the net proceeds
of amounts raised from the Open Offer, will prioritise payment of
the Tongo environmental licence and renewal of the Tonguma
environmental licence (estimated $250,000 in aggregate for both
licences). Following payment of the Tongo environmental licence, it
is anticipated that the Tongo mining licence will be issued and its
fiscal terms may then be negotiated and ratified via the Sierra
Leone Government and Parliament respectively. Furthermore, funds
will be allocated to ongoing costs related to the Tongo-Tonguma
project in Sierra Leone, general working capital, and the payment
of certain existing creditors.
The Company has been informed that the Tongo mining licence has
been approved by the Minerals Advisory Board of Sierra Leone
subject to the payment of the environmental licence. The Company
and the Environmental Protection Agency of Sierra Leone have been
involved in a protracted discussion as to an appropriate fee for
the environmental licence but have now reached agreement in this
regard. Therefore the Company believes that having signed the
Tongo-Tonguma Tribute Mining Agreement it is in the interests of
shareholders to pay the required environmental licence fee and have
the Tongo mining licence issued.
The first stage of the mine development for the Tongo-Tonguma
will comprise the detailed FEED and detailed near surface drilling
of the three kimberlite resources to be exploited according to the
PPM/SRK generated mine plan. This drilling should significantly
reduce the geological risk for the early mining phase and will in
essence guide the decline and stope developments on the first two
mining levels. Furthermore, during the FEED phase, the Company
intends to relocate the 50tph DMS production plant that is expected
to be acquired for a nominal fee from Octea and which should enable
the Company to have its production facility upgraded and available
for processing of ore during the first year of mine development.
The Company, with its consultants PPM/SRK, have established that
these three key work streams, the FEED, drilling and relocation of
the processing plant, will require in the region of up to US$3
million to complete.
The purpose of the circular is to provide information on the
Company's trading position so that Shareholders may decide whether
to subscribe for Open Offer Shares. Shareholders should also refer
to the Company's regulatory announcements. Open Offer Shares
subscribed for will be issued pursuant to the Company's existing
share authorities. Accordingly the Open Offer is not subject to
Shareholder approval nor has it been underwritten.
Shareholders should note, that the Company's working capital
position will remain constrained following completion of the Open
Offer. The Company is in the process of raising the required
project development funding and whilst good progress has been made
and the Directors believe that this will be possible, the timing,
quantum, structure and pricing of this funding are uncertain. In
addition, the Company is progressing completion of the sale of its
Guinea assets (with exclusivity for the sale having recently been
extended to 30 September 2017) however completion and the final
quantum of consideration payable for the disposal remains subject
to finalisation of due diligence, audit and tax affairs. The
Company is also dependent on Octea's willingness to continue to
extend the long stop date of the Agreements by which certain
conditions must be satisfied in order to complete the Agreements.
Whilst Octea have remained very supportive to date, and it is in
the interests of both Octea and Stellar to do so, there can be no
guarantee that they will continue to do so.
Details of the open offer
The Company is proposing to raise up to GBP200,000 (before
expenses) pursuant to the Open Offer. The proposed issue price of
3.25 pence per Open Offer Share is the same price as the Issue
Price at which Placing Shares were issued pursuant to the
Placing.
Qualifying Shareholders may subscribe for Open Offer Shares in
proportion to their holding of Existing Ordinary Shares held on the
Record Date. Shareholders subscribing for their full entitlement
under the Open Offer may also request additional Open Offer Shares
as an Excess Entitlement, up to the total number of Open Offer
Shares available to Qualifying Shareholders under the Open
Offer.
The Open Offer is conditional, amongst other things, on
admission of the Open Offer Shares to trading on AIM becoming
effective on or before 8.00 a.m. on 3 October 2017 (or such later
date and/or time as the Company and Peterhouse may agree, being no
later than 13 October 2017).
In the event that the Open Offer does not become unconditional
by 8.00 a.m. on 3 October 2017 (or such later time and date as the
Company may decide being no later than 8.00 a.m. on 13 October
2017), the Open Offer will lapse and application monies will be
returned by post to the Applicant(s) at the Applicant's risk and
without interest, to the address set out in the Application Form,
within 14 days thereafter.
The Open Offer Shares will, when issued and fully paid, rank
pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares,
including the right to receive all dividends and other
distributions declared, made or paid after the date of
Admission.
Basic Entitlement
Subject to the fulfilment of the conditions set out below and in
Part IV of the circular, Qualifying Shareholders are being given
the opportunity to subscribe for Open Offer Shares under the Open
Offer at the Issue Price, payable in full on application and free
of all expenses, pro rata to their existing shareholdings on the
following basis:
1 Open Offer Share for every 8.914 Existing Ordinary Shares
held by Qualifying Shareholders and registered in their name at
the Record Date.
Open Offer Entitlements under the Open Offer will be rounded
down to the nearest whole number and any fractional entitlements to
Open Offer Shares will not be allocated and will be disregarded.
Qualifying Shareholders with holdings of Existing Ordinary Shares
in both certificated and uncertificated form will be treated as
having separate holdings for the purpose of calculating their Basic
Entitlement.
If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your Existing
Ordinary Shares after the ex-entitlement Date, you are not entitled
to participate in the Open Offer.
The Open Offer is not a rights issue. Qualifying CREST
Shareholders should note that, although the Open Offer Entitlements
will be admitted to CREST and be enabled for settlement,
applications in respect of entitlements under the Open Offer may
only be made by the Qualifying Shareholder originally entitled or
by a person entitled by virtue of a bona fide market claim raised
by Euroclear's Claims Processing Unit. Qualifying Non-CREST
Shareholders should note that the Application Form is not a
negotiable document and cannot be traded. Qualifying Shareholders
should be aware that under the Open Offer, unlike in a rights
issue, any Open Offer Shares not applied for will not be sold in
the market or placed for the benefit of Qualifying Shareholders who
do not apply under the Open Offer.
Application has been made for the Open Offer Entitlements of
Qualifying CREST Shareholders to be admitted to CREST. It is
expected that such Open Offer Entitlements will be admitted to
CREST on 18 September 2017. The Open Offer Entitlements will also
be enabled for settlement in CREST on 18 September 2017 to satisfy
bona fide market claims only. Applications through the CREST system
may only be made by the Qualifying CREST Shareholder originally
entitled or by a person entitled by virtue of a bona fide market
claim.
Further details of the Open Offer and the terms and conditions
on which it is being made, including the procedure for application
and payment, are contained in Part IV of the circular and for
Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders on the Application Form. To be
valid, Application Forms (duly completed) and payment in full for
the Open Offer Shares applied for must be received by Computershare
Investor Services (Ireland) Limited, Heron House, Corrig Road,
Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18, Ireland by no later than 11
a.m. on 2 October 2017.
Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders will receive an Application
Form which sets out their maximum entitlement to Open Offer Shares
as shown by the number of Basic Entitlements allocated to them.
The Open Offer is restricted to Qualifying Shareholders in order
to enable the Company to benefit from exemptions from securities
law requirements in certain jurisdictions outside the United
Kingdom.
Excess Application Facility
The Excess Application Facility will enable Qualifying
Shareholders, provided that they take up their Basic Entitlements
in full, to apply for Excess Entitlements to the extent that if a
Qualifying Shareholder has taken up its Basic Entitlements in full
and applies for and is allocated the maximum Excess Entitlements it
will suffer no dilution as a result of the Placing and Open Offer.
Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders who wish to apply to acquire more
than their Basic Entitlements should complete the relevant sections
on the Application Form. Qualifying CREST Shareholders will have
Excess Entitlements credited to their stock account in CREST and
should refer to paragraph 3(ii) of Part IV of the circular for
information on how to apply for Excess Entitlements pursuant to the
Excess Application Facility. Applications for Excess Entitlements
will be satisfied only and to the extent that corresponding
applications by other Qualifying Shareholders are not made or are
made for less than their Basic Entitlements and may be scaled back
at the Company's absolute discretion.
Once subscriptions by Qualifying Shareholders under their Basic
Entitlements have been satisfied, the Company shall, in its
absolute discretion, determine whether or not to meet any
applications for Excess Entitlements in full or in part and no
assurance can be given that applications by Qualifying Shareholders
under the Excess Application Facility will be met in full, in part
or at all. Application will be made for the Basic Entitlements and
Excess Entitlements in respect of Qualifying CREST Shareholders to
be admitted to CREST. It is expected that Open Offer Shares issued
pursuant to subscriptions by Qualifying Shareholders exercising
their Basic Entitlements and Excess Entitlements will be admitted
to CREST at 8.00 a.m. on 3 October 2017. Such Open Offer Shares
will also be enabled for settlement in CREST at 8.00 a.m. on 3
October 2017. Applications through the means of the CREST system
may only be made by the Qualifying Shareholder originally entitled
or by a person entitled by virtue of a bona fide market claim.
Qualifying NonCREST Shareholders will receive an Application Form
which sets out their entitlement to Open Offer Shares as shown by
the number of Basic Entitlements allocated to them. Qualifying
NonCREST Shareholders should note that the Application Form is not
a negotiable document and cannot be traded.
Qualifying CREST Shareholders will receive a credit to their
appropriate stock accounts in CREST in respect of their Basic
Entitlements on 18 September 2017. Qualifying CREST Shareholders
should note that although the Basic Entitlements and Excess
Entitlements will be admitted to CREST and be enabled for
settlement, applications in respect of their Open Offer
Entitlements may only be made by the Qualifying Shareholder
originally entitled or by a person entitled by virtue of a bona
fide market claim. If applications are made for less than all of
the Open Offer Shares available, then the lower number of Open
Offer Shares will be issued and any outstanding Basic Entitlements
will lapse.
Further information on the Open Offer and the terms and
conditions on which it is made, including the procedure for
application and payment, are set out in Part IV of the circular.
For Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders, completed Application Forms,
accompanied by full payment, should be returned by post, or by hand
(during normal business hours only), Computershare Investor
Services (Ireland) Limited, Heron House, Corrig Road, Sandyford
Industrial Estate, Dublin 18, Ireland so as to arrive as soon as
possible and in any event so as to be received no later than 11.00
a.m. on 2 October 2017. For Qualifying CREST Shareholders the
relevant CREST instructions must have been settled as explained in
the circular by no later than 11.00 a.m. on 2 October 2017.
Action to be taken in respect of the Open Offer
If you are a Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholder you will be sent
an Application Form which gives details of your Basic Entitlement
(i.e. the number of Open Offer Shares available to you). If you
wish to apply for Open Offer Shares under the Open Offer, you
should complete the Application Form in accordance with the
procedure set out at paragraph 3 of Part IV of the circular and on
the Application Form itself and post it, or return it by hand
(during normal business hours only), together with payment in full
in respect of the number of Open Offer Shares applied for to
Computershare Investor Services (Ireland) Limited, Heron House,
Corrig Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18, Ireland so as
to arrive as soon as possible and in any event so as to be received
no later than 11 a.m. on 2 October 2017, having first read
carefully Part IV of the circular and the contents of the
Application Form.
If you are a Qualifying CREST Shareholder, no Application Form
will be sent to you. As a Qualifying CREST Shareholder you will
receive a credit to your appropriate stock account in CREST in
respect of your Basic Entitlement. You should refer to the
procedure set out at paragraph 2 of Part IV of the circular and
paragraphs 3(ii) and 4(ii) of Part IV.
The latest time for applications to be received under the Open
Offer is 11.00 a.m. on 2 October 2017. The procedure for
application and payment depends on whether, at the time at which
application and payment is made, you have an Application Form in
respect of your Basic Entitlement or your Basic Entitlement has
been credited to your stock account in CREST. The procedures for
application and payment are set out in Part IV of the circular.
Further details also appear on the Application Form which has been
sent to Qualifying Shareholders. Qualifying CREST Shareholders who
are CREST sponsored members should refer to their CREST sponsors
regarding the action to be taken in connection with the circular
and the Open Offer.
If you are in any doubt as to the procedure for acceptance,
please contact Computershare Investor Services on 01 247 5693 from
within the UK or +353 01 247 5693 if calling from outside the UK.
The helpline is open between 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Monday to
Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales. Please note
that Computershare Investor Services cannot provide any financial,
legal or tax advice and calls may be recorded and monitored for
security and training purposes.
If you are in any doubt as to the contents of the circular
and/or the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your
own personal financial advice from an independent financial adviser
authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as
amended) if you are in the UK or, if you are outside the UK, from
an appropriately authorised independent financial adviser, without
delay.
Action to be taken in respect of the Open Offer is set out in
paragraphs 7 and 10 of Part I of the Circular and also in Part VI
of the Circular. If you are a Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholder, an
Application Form will be posted for completion by Qualifying
Shareholders who wish to participate in the Open Offer. If you are
a Qualifying CREST Shareholder, no Application Form will be sent to
you. As a Qualifying CREST Shareholder you will receive a credit to
your appropriate stock account in CREST in respect of your Basic
Entitlement. You should refer to the procedure set out at paragraph
3(ii) of Part IV of the Circular.
DEFINITIONS
The following words and expressions shall have the following
meanings in the circular, unless the context otherwise
requires:
"Act" the UK Companies Act 2006, as
amended;
"Admission" admission of the Open Offer Shares
to trading on AIM becoming effective
in accordance with the AIM Rules;
"AIM" the market of that name operated
by the London Stock Exchange;
"general meeting" a general meeting of the Shareholders
called in accordance with the
Company's Articles;
"Applicant" a Qualifying Shareholder or a
person entitled by virtue of a
bona fide market claim who lodges
an Application Form under the
Open Offer;
"Application the application form to be used
Form" by Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders
in connection with the Open Offer;
"Articles" the articles of association of
the Company for the time being;
"Board" or "Directors" the current directors of the Company,
whose names are set out on page
8 of the circular;
"Business Day" any day which is not a Saturday,
Sunday or a public holiday in
the UK;
"CEO" the chief executive officer of
the Company;
"certificated" not in uncertificated form (that
or "in certificated is, not in CREST);
form"
"Company" or Stellar Diamonds plc, a company
"Stellar" registered in England and Wales
with registered number 5424214;
"CREST" the computerised settlement system
to facilitate the transfer of
title of shares in uncertificated
form operated by Euroclear UK
& Ireland Limited;
"CREST Manual" the compendium of documents entitled
CREST Manual issued by Euroclear
from time to time and comprising
the CREST Reference Manual, the
CREST Central Counterparty Service
Manual, the CREST International
Manual, CREST Rules, CCSS Operations
Manual and the CREST Glossary
of Terms;
"CREST Member" a person who has been admitted
to Euroclear as a member (as defined
in the CREST Order);
"CREST Order" the Companies (Uncertificated
Securities) (Jersey) Order 1999
(as amended);
"CREST Participant" a person who is, in relation to
CREST, a participant (as defined
in the CREST Order);
"CREST Payment" shall have the meaning given in
the CREST Manual issued by Euroclear;
"CREST Sponsor(s)" a CREST Participant admitted to
CREST as a CREST sponsor;
"CREST Sponsored a CREST Member admitted to CREST
member(s)" as a sponsored member (which includes
all CREST Personal Members);
"CREST Regulations" the Uncertificated Securities
Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No.
3755), as amended;
"Enlarged Ordinary the 61,007,748 Ordinary Shares
Share Capital" of the Company in issue upon Admission
following completion of Open Offer
(assuming full take-up of the
Open Offer);
"EPA" Environmental Protection Agency
of Sierra Leone;
"EU" the European Union;
"Excess Application the arrangement pursuant to which
Facility" Qualifying Shareholders may apply
for any number of Open Offer Shares
in excess of their Open Offer
Entitlement provided that they
have agreed to take up their Open
Offer Entitlement in full
"Existing Ordinary the 54,853,902 Existing Ordinary
Shares" Shares of the Company at the date
of the circular;
"Fee Shares" the 1,978,437 new Ordinary Shares
issued to certain directors and
senior management of the Company
on 14 September 2017;
"Financial Conduct the United Kingdom Financial Conduct
Authority" or Authority;
"FCA"
"FSMA" the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000, as amended;
"Group" the Company and its existing subsidiaries
and subsidiary undertakings;
"ISIN" international security identification
number;
"Issue Price" 3.25 pence per New Ordinary Share;
"Mine plan" The mine plan for Tongo-Tonguma
developed as part of and reported
in the PEA by PPM and SRK Consulting.
"NMA" National Minerals Agency of Sierra
Leone;
"Octea" Octea Mining Ltd;
"Open Offer" the offer to Qualifying Shareholders
to subscribe for Open Offer Shares
at the Issue Price, as described
in the circular;
"Open Offer the entitlement of Qualifying
Entitlements" Shareholders to subscribe for
the Open Offer Shares at the Issue
Price allocated to Qualifying
Shareholders at the Record Date
pursuant to the Open Offer;
"Open Offer up to 6,153,846 new Ordinary Shares
Shares" which are being offered to Qualifying
Shareholders pursuant to the Open
Offer;
"Ordinary Shares" ordinary shares of 1 penny each
in the issued share capital of
the Company from time to time;
"Overseas Shareholders" Shareholders resident in, or citizens
of, jurisdictions outside the
United Kingdom;
"Peterhouse" Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited,
the Company's Joint Broker;
"Placees" any persons who have agreed to
subscribe for Placing Shares pursuant
to the Placing;
"Placing" the placing by Peterhouse, as
agent of and on behalf of the
Company of the Placing Shares
at the Issue Price and announced
by the Company on 11 September
2017 and completed on 14 September;
"Placing Shares" the 10,153,847 new Ordinary Shares
issued pursuant to the Placing
and which were admitted to trading
on AIM on 14 September 2017;
"PEA" the preliminary economic assessment
of the Tongo-Tonguma produced
by Paradigm Project Management
and SRK Consulting as further
described in the CPR;
"PPM" Paradigm Project Management;
"Qualifying Qualifying Shareholders whose
CREST Shareholders" Existing Ordinary Shares on the
register of members of the Company
on the Record Date are held in
uncertificated form;
"Qualifying Qualifying Shareholders whose
Non-CREST Shareholders" Existing Ordinary Shares on the
register of members of the Company
on the Record Date are held in
certificated form;
"Qualifying holders of Existing Ordinary Shares
Shareholders" on the Record Date (other than
Shareholders resident in or citizens
of any Restricted Jurisdiction);
"Record Date" close of business on 14 September
2017;
"Regulation Regulation S of the Securities
S" Act;
"Restricted any U.S. person (as defined in
Jurisdiction" Regulation S) or any address in
the U.S., Canada, Australia, the
Republic of South Africa, New
Zealand, Japan or any other country
outside of the United Kingdom
where a distribution may lead
to a breach of any applicable
legal or regulatory requirements;
"RTB" Ressources Tassiliman Baoulé,
the holder of the Baoulé
project;
"Securities the U.S. Securities Act of 1933,
Act" as amended;
"Shareholders" the persons who are registered
as holders of Ordinary Shares;
"Significant any person holding 3 per cent.
Shareholder" or more of the issued share capital
from time to time;
"SRK" SRK Consulting
"Sterling" or the legal currency of the UK;
"GBP"
"TIDM" tradable instrument display mnemonic;
"Tongo Licence" means the exploration licence,
EL48/2012, in respect of the Tongo
project;
"Tongo" or the the kimberlite project covering
"Tongo Project" approximately 9.98 square kilometres
in the Lower Bambara Chiefdom,
Kenema District, in the Eastern
Province of Sierra Leone and covered
by Tongo Licence;
"Tongo-Tonguma being the Tongo Project and the
Project" or adjacent Tonguma Project which
the "Tongo-Tonguma are proposed to be jointly developed
mine" by Stellar pursuant to the terms
of the Tribute Mining Agreement
as further in paragraph 2 of Part
I of the circular;
"Tonguma" Tonguma Limited, a company incorporated
in the British Virgin Islands;
"Tonguma Licence" means the mining licence ML01/12
in respect of the Tonguma Project
which is owned by Tonguma;
"Tonguma Project" the kimberlite project covering
approximately 124 square kilometres
in the Lower Bambara Chiefdom,
Kenema District, in the Eastern
Province of Sierra Leone and covered
by mining lease ML01/12;
"Tribute Mining the conditional tribute mining
Agreement" agreement entered into between
the Company's wholly owned subsidiary,
Sierra Diamonds Limited and Octea
to develop and operate the Tonguma
Project;
"UK" or "United the United Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom" and Northern Ireland;
"UKLA" the United Kingdom Listing Authority,
being the FCA acting in its capacity
as the competent authority for
the purposes of Part VI of FSMA;
"Uncertificated" a share or other security recorded
or "in on the relevant register of the
Uncertificated relevant company concerned as
Form" being held in uncertificated form
in CREST and title to which, by
virtue of the CREST Regulations,
may be transferred by means of
CREST;
"U.S." the United States of America,
its territories and possessions,
any state of the United States
of America and the District of
Columbia;
"U.S Dollars" United States Dollars, the formal
or "US$" or currency used in the U.S.;
"USD" or "cents"
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