KAZ Minerals PLC (United Kingdom) reports initial completion of the deal on acquisition of the Baimskaya Copper Project

23.01.19 11:07
/KASE, January 23, 2019/ – KAZ Minerals PLC (London), whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided the KASE with press release, which states as follows: quote KAZ Minerals announces that following regulatory approval and completion of other conditions precedent under the agreement to acquire the Baimskaya copper project, as announced by the Group on 2 August 2018, Initial Completion of the Transaction has now occurred. The consideration due on Initial Completion is $436 million1 in cash and the issuance of Initial Equity Consideration comprising 22,344,944 new KAZ Minerals PLC shares. The shares comprising the Initial Equity Consideration have been allotted and issued to the Vendor and are identical in all respects to KAZ Minerals PLC’s existing issued shares. The Initial Equity Consideration is expected to be admitted to listing on the Official List and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 24 January 2019 and is subject to a three-year lock-up period ending on the third anniversary of Initial Completion. Following issuance of the Initial Equity Consideration, the total number of KAZ Minerals PLC shares in issue is 480,723,977, including 10,133,458 shares held in treasury, and the total issued share capital of KAZ Minerals PLC carrying voting rights is 470,590,519. unquote Full version of the press release is posted on the KASE website at: - http://kase.kz/files/emitters/GB_KZMS/gb_kzms_reliz_220119_1.pdf – in Russian; - http://kase.kz/files/emitters/GB_KZMS/gb_kzms_reliz_220119_en.pdf – in English. [2019-01-23]