Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc: Issue of Securities Pursuant to Long Term Incentive Plan Awards
ST HELIER, Jersey, Jan. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc (the “Company” or “Caledonia”) (NYSE American: CMCL; AIM: CMCL; VFEX: CMCL) announces that following the maturing of long term incentive plan awards on January 11, 2023 which were made under the 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Compensation Plan of the Company (the “Plan”), a total of 24,389 common shares of no par value in the Company are being issued to members of staff within the Company’s group, including in the form of depositary interests and Zimbabwe depositary receipts in respect of such shares, on or about January 16, 2023. The following “Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility” within the meaning of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (“PDMRs”) shall receive the securities set out below:
| Name | Position | Number of depositary interests | Resulting interest in share capital of the Company (number and percentage) |
| Mark Learmonth | Director and Chief Executive Officer | 10,330 | 181,397 (1.10%) |
| Chester Goodburn | Chief Financial Officer | 1,526 | 7,861 (0.05%) |
Further details of the issues of securities to such persons are set out in the notifications below.
Application has been made by Caledonia for the admission of depositary interests representing all the issued shares to trading on AIM and it is anticipated that trading in such securities will commence on or about January 17, 2023. Following issue of all the shares, the Company will have a total number of shares in issue of 17,283,312 common shares of no par value each. Caledonia has no shares in treasury; therefore, this figure may be used by holders of securities in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company.
For further information please contact:
| Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc Mark Learmonth Camilla Horsfall | Tel: 2 Tel: |
| Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and Joint Broker) Adrian Hadden Neil McDonald Pearl Kellie | Tel: 5 Tel: 1 Tel: 5 |
| Liberum Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Scott Mathieson/Kane Collings | Tel: 0 |
| BlytheRay Financial PR Tim Blythe/Megan Ray | Tel: 4 |
| 3PPB Patrick Chidley Paul Durham | Tel: Tel: |
| Curate Public Relations (Zimbabwe) Debra Tatenda | Tel: |
| IH Securities (Private) Limited (VFEX Sponsor - Zimbabwe) Dzika Dhana Lloyd Mlotshwa | Tel: +263 (242) 745 119/33/39 |
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||
| a) | Name | Mark Learmonth | ||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||
| a) | Position/status | Director and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | ||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||
| a) | Name | Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc | ||
| b) | LEI | 21380093ZBI4BFM75Y51 | ||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Depositary interests representing common shares of no par value | ||
| Identification code | JE00BF0XVB15 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of securities | ||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) | |
| US$14.40 | 10,330 | |||
| d) | Aggregated information | |||
| - Aggregated volume | 10,330 | |||
| - Price | US$14.40 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 11 January 2023 | ||
| f) | Place of the transaction | AIM of the London Stock Exchange plc | ||
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||
| a) | Name | Chester Goodburn | ||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | ||
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | ||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||
| a) | Name | Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc | ||
| b) | LEI | 21380093ZBI4BFM75Y51 | ||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Depositary interests representing common shares of no par value | ||
| Identification code | JE00BF0XVB15 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of securities | ||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) | |
| US$14.40 | 1,526 | |||
| d) | Aggregated information | |||
| - Aggregated volume | 1,526 | |||
| - Price | US$14.40 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 11 January 2023 | ||
| f) | Place of the transaction | AIM of the London Stock Exchange plc | ||
