Sirius Minerals Plc Confirmation of total warrants exercised (4443E)
November 04 2015 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4443E
Sirius Minerals Plc
04 November 2015
4 November 2015
Sirius Minerals Plc
Confirmation of total warrants exercised
The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY)
("Sirius" or "the Company") hereby provide a final update in
respect of the warrants previously issued to investors on 14 March
2014, in connection with the placing by the Company on 6 March 2014
("Warrants") and as indicated in the announcement of 2 November
2015.
Following the completion of all Warrant exercises, lodged prior
to the Warrant lapsing date, a final total of 129,377,517 Warrants
have been exercised pursuant to which the Company has issued
129,377,517 ordinary shares under the block listing application
announced on 28 May 2015 ("Warrant Shares").
These Warrant Shares rank pari passu with the Company's existing
ordinary shares and represent approximately 72% of the 179,351,029
Warrants originally issued. The issue of the Warrant Shares at 18p
per share has raised approximately GBP23.3m, which will be used for
general working capital purposes.
The remaining 49,973,512 Warrants have now expired in accordance
with the terms of the warrant instrument meaning no further Warrant
Shares will be issued with respect to these expired Warrants.
The Company's enlarged issued share capital now comprises
2,294,744,698 ordinary shares with voting rights. This figure of
2,294,744,698 ordinary shares 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 in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under
the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Background information in the form of previous announcements
relating to the warrants can be found on the Company website:
www.siriusminerals.com.
For further information, please contact:
Sirius Minerals Plc
Investor Relations Email: ir@siriusminerals.com Tel: +44 845
524 0247
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Joint Brokers
Liberum Capital Limited Neil Elliot, Tel: +44 20
(NOMAD) Clayton Bush, 3100 2222
Jill Li
J.P. Morgan Cazenove Ben Davies, Jamie Tel: +44 20
Riddell 7742 4000
WH Ireland Adrian Hadden Tel: +44 20
7220 1666
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Media Enquiries Jos Simson, Mike Tel: +44 20
Tavistock Bartlett, 7920 3150
Emily Fenton
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About Sirius Minerals Plc
Sirius Minerals is the fertilizer development company focused on
the development of the York Potash Project in the United Kingdom,
which has the world's largest and highest grade deposit of
polyhalite, a multi-nutrient form of potash containing potassium,
sulphur, magnesium and calcium. Incorporated in 2003, Sirius
Minerals' shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM
market. Its shares are also traded in the United States on the
OTCQX through a sponsored ADR facility. Further information on the
Company can be found at: www.siriusminerals.com.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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