ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES") | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY NAME: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIRESTONE DIAMONDS PLC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) : | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
REGISTERED OFFICE: 1 PARK ROW, LEEDS, LS1 5AB
TRADING ADDRESS: 26-28 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 7BA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNITED KINGDOM
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COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diamond exploration, development and mining in Botswana and Lesotho
Admission is sought as a result of a reverse takeover of Kopane Diamond Developments plc
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DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UP TO 272,159,690 ORDINARY SHARES OF 20P EACH
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CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nil funds to be raised on admission
Anticipated market capitalisation on Admission: £71.4 MILLION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximately 6.0%
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DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM COMPANY HAS APPLIED OR AGREED TO HAVE ANY OF ITS SECURITIES (INCLUDING ITS AIM SECURITIES) ADMITTED OR TRADED: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Company has announced its intention to seek a secondary listing for its shares on the Botswana Stock Exchange. No application has yet been made, and none will be made until after re-Admission to AIM.
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FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James F. Kenny (CHAIRMAN) Philip Kenny (Chief Executive Officer)
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FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Assuming that the maximum number of 144,268,053 Ordinary Shares will be issued.
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NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N/A
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(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE (ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information) (iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(i) 30 June (ii) 31 December 2009 (iii)(a) 31 December 2010 (iii) (b) 31 March 2011 (iii) (c) 31 December 2011
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EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 September 2010
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BREWIN DOLPHIN LIMITED, 12 Smithfield Street, London, EC1A 9BD
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EVOLUTION SECURITIES LIMITED, 100 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7AN
MIRABAUD SECURITIES, 21 ST James's Square, London, SW1Y 4JP
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OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Admission document which contains full details about Firestone Diamonds plc and the admission of its securities is available at the offices of Brewin Dolphin and on the Company's website: www.firestonediamonds.com
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DATE OF NOTIFICATION: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 September 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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