13 December 2024
Shuka Minerals
Plc
("Shuka"
or the "Company")
Director's Grant of
Warrants
Related Party
Transactions
Further to the Company's
announcement earlier today, Shuka Minerals Plc (AIM: SKA), an
African focused mine operator and developer, announces the
following issues of new Ordinary Shares and warrants.
Subject to completion of the Kabwe
Mine Acquisition, Richard Lloyd, Chief Executive Officer, will be
granted 2,000,000 warrants to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares
("Director Warrants"). The
Director Warrants will have an exercise price of 12.5p per share
and will be valid for 3 years from grant.
Pursuant to the settlement
agreements dated 30 September 2024 and subscription letters signed
today with Noel Lyons and Paul Ryan in respect of the contractual
sums due to them, Mr Lyons has agreed to receive 2,590,423 new
Ordinary Shares and 2,000,000 warrants to subscribe for new
Ordinary Shares ("Warrants")in respect of £190,313.25
owing to him and Mr Ryan has agreed to receive 2,423,313 new
Ordinary Shares and 2,000,000 Warrants in respect of £178,036
owing to him. Dr Zimbler has also agreed today to
receive 250,000 Warrants in compensation for the late payment of
director fees due to him and for services provided during the
current month beyond his proposed termination date at the end of
November. The above new Ordinary Shares are being issued at a
price referenced to the previous 30 business days' VWAP for
Ordinary Shares and the Warrants issued to Mr Lyons, Mr Ryan and Dr
Zimbler have an exercise price of 12.5p per share and are valid
until 31 December 2027.
Related Party Transactions
The new Ordinary Share and Warrant
issues constitute related party transactions as defined by Rule 13
of the AIM Rules for Companies, as Mr Lyons, Mr Ryan and Dr Zimbler
were directors of the Company within the last 12 months. The
Directors of the Company, having consulted with the Company's
nominated advisor, Strand Hanson Ltd, consider the terms of the
share and warrant issues to be fair and reasonable insofar as the
Company's shareholders are concerned.
AIM
Application
Application will be made to the
London Stock Exchange for 5,013,736 new Ordinary Shares to be
admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission
will become effective and that dealings in the new Ordinary Shares
on AIM will commence at 8.00 a.m. on or around 19 December
2024.
On Admission, the Company's issued
share capital will consist of 65,233,597 ordinary shares, each with
one voting right. There are no shares held in treasury.
Therefore, the Company's total number of ordinary shares and voting
rights will be 65,233,597 and this figure may be used by
shareholders following Admission 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
Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.
This announcement contains
inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market
Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law
by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR") and
is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under
Article 17 of MAR.
For
Enquiries:
Shuka Minerals
Plc
Noel Lyons - CEO
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+254 (0)743 303075
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Strand Hanson
Limited
Financial and Nominated Adviser
James Harris | Richard Johnson
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+44 (0) 20 7409 3494
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Tavira Securities
Limited
Joint Broker
Oliver Stansfield | Jonathan Evans
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+44 (0) 20 7100 5100
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Peterhouse Capital
Limited
Joint Broker
Charles Goodfellow | Duncan Vasey
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+44 (0)20 7469 0930
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Investor
Relations
Faith Kinyanjui Mumbi
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+254 (0)743 303075
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