Result of General Meeting (2320N)
August 30 2011 - 7:34AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2320N
Firestone Diamonds PLC
30 August 2011
Firestone Diamonds plc
Result of General Meeting
LONDON: 30 August, 2011
Firestone Diamonds plc ("Firestone" or "the Company"), the
AIM-quoted diamond mining and exploration company (ticker:
AIM:FDI), announces that at the general meeting of the Company (the
"GM") held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed.
On 28 July 2011 Firestone announced that it had placed
48,649,000 new ordinary shares of 20 pence each ("Ordinary Shares")
in the Company (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 27.75 pence per
Placing Share to raise GBP13.5 million before expenses (the
"Placing").
Of the Placing Shares, 28,865,000 Ordinary Shares (the "First
Placing Shares") were allotted and admitted to trading on AIM on 3
August 2011. The balance of the Placing Shares, comprising
19,784,000 Ordinary Shares (the "Second Placing Shares"), were
placed conditional, inter alia, on the Company securing approval
from its shareholders at GM for a resolution relating to the
disapplication of pre-emption rights (the "Resolution"), and upon
the Second Placing Shares being admitted to trading on AIM.
Following the passing of the Resolution, it is expected that
admission of the Second Placing Shares to AIM will become effective
on at 8.00 am on Wednesday 31 August 2011 ("Admission").
The Second Placing Shares will represent approximately 5.31 per
cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital immediately
following Admission. Following Admission the total issued ordinary
share capital of the Company will be 372,613,111 Ordinary Shares,
all of which have voting rights.
The voting at the GM was taken on a show of hands and the
Resolution was passed unanimously. For the information of
shareholders the proxy votes cast before the meeting were as
follows:
Resolution For Against Withheld
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Resolution
1 170,346,421 (99.93%) 66,995 (0.04%) 56,402 (0.03%)
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For further information, visit the Company's web site at
www.firestonediamonds.comor contact:
+44 20 8834 1028/+44 7831
324 645
Philip Kenny, Firestone Diamonds +27 78 457 6623/+267 713
Tim Wilkes, Firestone Diamonds 77686
Rory Scott, Mirabaud Securities
(Nominated Broker) +44 20 7878 3360
Alexander Dewar, Brewin Dolphin
(Nominated Adviser) +44 131 529 0276
Jos Simson / Emily Fenton, Tavistock +44 20 7920 3150/+44 7899
Communications 870 450
Background information on Firestone Diamonds:
Firestone Diamonds plc is an international diamond mining and
exploration company with operations focused on Lesotho and
Botswana. Firestone operates the Liqhobong Mine in Lesotho and the
BK11 Mine in Botswana. Firestone is also the largest holder of
mineral rights in Botswana's diamondiferous kimberlite fields,
controlling approximately 10,000 square kilometres around the major
Orapa and Jwaneng mines and the entire Tsabong kimberlite field. In
addition to Liqhobong and BK11, Firestone has 108 kimberlites in
its portfolio, of which 30 have been proven to be
diamondiferous.
Lesotho is emerging as one of Africa's significant new diamond
producers, and hosts Gem Diamonds' Letseng Mine, Firestone's
Liqhobong Mine as well as the Kao and Mothae development projects.
Botswana is the world's largest and lowest cost producer of
diamonds, with annual production worth over $2.5 billion, and is
considered to be one of the most prospective countries in the world
to explore for diamonds.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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