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Gemfields Group Limited held an Extraordinary General Meeting on May 19, 2025, where shareholders approved a fully underwritten Rights Issue. This will raise approximately USD30 million by issuing 556,203,396 New Shares at 4.22 pence each, on the basis of 10 New Shares for every 21 Existing Shares. A Prospectus is expected to be published on May 20, 2025, which will increase the total shares in issue from 1,168,027,130 to 1,724,230,526 following completion.
| Date | 19 May 2025 |
| Time | 13:30:01 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 2523J |
Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration number: 47656
South African external company registration number: 2009/012636/10
Share code on JSE:GML (General Segment of JSE Main Board) / AIM:GEM
ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
("Gemfields" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Results of Extraordinary General Meeting and Rights Issue JSE finalisation information
LONDON, 19 MAY 2025
Shareholders are advised that an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") was held today, Monday 19 May 2025, in relation to the issuance of 556,203,396 New Shares to raise approximately USD30 million by way of a fully underwritten Rights Issue (the "Rights Issue"), as originally announced on 11 April 2025.
The ordinary and special resolutions were passed by the requisite majority of shareholders, granting shareholder approval for the Rights Issue to proceed.
A Prospectus is therefore expected to be published tomorrow, Tuesday 20 May 2025 following receiving final regulatory approval from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ("JSE") and Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA").
Details of the voting results at the EGM are as follows:
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Total number of Ordinary Shares (with voting rights) |
1,168,027,130 |
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Total number of Ordinary Shares present/represented including proxies at the meeting (including shares abstained or withheld from voting) |
894,829,807 |
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Percentage of Ordinary Shares represented at the meeting |
76.61% |
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Resolution proposed |
For |
Against |
Abstain or withheld 1 |
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Ordinary resolution 1: |
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To approve the Rule 9 Waiver |
341,401,126 91.46% |
31,895,350 8.54% |
521,533,331
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Special resolution 1: |
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To grant the Directors the authority to allot and issue New Shares in connection with the Proposed Rights Issue |
862,681,012 96.41% |
32,089,075 3.59% |
59,720 |
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Ordinary resolution 2: |
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To approve the Underwriting Issue to the Underwriters |
772,277,589 86.33% |
122,330,588 13.67% |
221,630 |
1 Includes the votes from the Rights Issue's underwriting shareholders who were precluded from voting on Ordinary Resolution 1.
JSE Finalisation information
All conditions precedent for the Rights Issue have been fulfilled. All relevant dates relevant to finalisation are included in the 'Expected timetable of events' section of this announcement.
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Event Type |
Rights Issue |
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Basis of Rights Issue |
10 New Shares for every 21 Existing Shares |
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Price per New Share (1) |
4.22 pence or ZAR1.06860 |
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Number of Shares in issue at the date of this Announcement (2) |
1,168,027,130 |
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Number of New Shares to be issued by Gemfields pursuant to the Rights Issue |
556,203,396 |
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Number of Shares in issue immediately following completion of the Rights Issue (3) |
1,724,230,526 |
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Gross proceeds of the Rights Issue |
USD30,000,000 |
1. Based on the following spot exchange rates as at the close of business on 10 April 2025, being the last Business Day prior to the date of the publication of the Circular sourced from Bloomberg: USD1.00 = GBP0.7726, GBP1.00 = ZAR25.32117.
2. No Shares are held in treasury
3. On the basis that no further Shares are issued as a result of the exercise of any options or vesting of awards under any Employee Share Schemes between the date of this Announcement and the completion of the Rights Issue.
Expected timetable of events
The timetable in connection with the Rights Issue is set out below.
Each of the times and dates in the table below is indicative only and may be subject to change.
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Record date for shareholders to receive the Prospectus |
15 May 2025 |
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Publication of finalisation information in relation to the Rights Issue by 11:00 a.m. SAST or as soon as practicable thereafter |
19 May 2025 |
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Restrictions on transfers between UK Register and SA Register begin |
Close of business on 20 May 2025 |
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Prospectus approved and made available on-the Company's website and the FCA's National Storage Mechanism |
20 May 2025 |
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In South Africa: Last Day to Trade Existing Shares on the JSE to qualify to participate in the Rights Issue (cum Rights) |
22 May 2025 |
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Despatch of Forms of Instruction to Qualifying South African Shareholders who hold their Shares in certificated form |
Close of business on 22 May 2025 |
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Existing Shares marked "ex" by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange |
9:00 a.m. SAST on 23 May 2025 |
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Listing of Letters of Allocation commence on the JSE under Alpha code GMLN and ISIN:GG00BT3PBP61 |
9:00 a.m. SAST on 23 May 2025 |
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United Kingdom: Record date for entitlement under the Rights Issue for Qualifying CREST Shareholders and Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders |
6:00 p.m. London time on 27 May 2025 |
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South Africa: Record date for entitlements under the Rights Issue for Qualifying South African Shareholders |
27 May 2025 |
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Despatch of Provisional Allotment Letters (to Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders only) (1) |
28 May 2025 |
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Prospectus printed and posted to all Qualifying Shareholders |
28 May 2025 |
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Qualifying South African Shareholders who hold their Shares in uncertificated form will have their accounts at their CSDP or broker automatically credited with their Letters of Allocation |
9:00 a.m. SAST on 28 May 2025 |
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Qualifying South African Shareholders who hold their Shares in certificated form will have their Letters of Allocation credited to an account held with the SA Registrar |
9:00 a.m. SAST on 28 May 2025 |
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Existing Shares marked "ex" by the London Stock Exchange |
8:00 a.m. London time on 29 May 2025 |
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Rights Issue opens |
29 May 2025 |
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Admission and dealings in New Shares, nil paid, commence on AIM |
29 May 2025 |
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Nil Paid Rights credited to stock accounts in CREST |
Post 8:00 a.m. London time on 29 May 2025 |
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United Kingdom: Recommended latest time and date for requesting withdrawal of Nil Paid Rights and Fully Paid Rights from CREST (i.e. if your Nil Paid Rights and Fully Paid Rights are in CREST and you wish to convert them to certificated form) |
4:30 p.m. London time on 5 June 2025 |
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United Kingdom: Latest time for depositing renounced Provisional Allotment Letters, nil or fully paid, into CREST or for dematerialising Nil Paid Rights or Fully Paid Rights into a CREST stock account (i.e. if your Nil Paid Rights and Fully Paid Rights are represented by a Provisional Allotment Letter and you wish to convert them to uncertificated form) |
3:00 p.m. London time on 6 June 2025 |
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South Africa: In respect of Qualifying South African Shareholders who hold their Shares in certificated form wishing to sell all or part of their Letters of Allocation, latest time and date for submission of Form of Instruction to SA Registrar |
9:00 a.m. SAST on 9 June 2025 |
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South Africa: Last day to trade Letters of Allocation on the JSE to settle trades by the closing date of the Rights Issue in order to participate in the Rights Issue |
9 June 2025 |
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Listing and trading of New Shares on the JSE dealings in New Shares on a deferred settlement basis commence |
9:00 a.m. SAST on 10 June 2025 |
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United Kingdom: Latest time and date for splitting Provisional Allotment Letters, nil or fully paid |
3:00 p.m. London time on 10 June 2025 |
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United Kingdom: Latest time and date for acceptance, payment in full and registration or renunciation of Provisional Allotment Letters |
11:00 a.m. London time on 12 June 2025 |
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Rights Issue closes |
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Record date for Letters of Allocation on the JSE |
12 June 2025 |
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Restriction on transfers between UK Register and SA Register ends |
Close of business on 12 June 2025 |
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CSDP/broker accounts credited with New Shares and debited with payments due in respect of New Shares in uncertificated form |
13 June 2025 |
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United Kingdom and South Africa: Results of the Rights Issue announced (2) |
13 June 2025 |
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Listing and trading of New Shares on AIM |
8:00 a.m. London time on 13 June 2025 |
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United Kingdom: New Shares credited to CREST stock accounts as soon as possible after |
8:00 a.m. London time on 13 June 2025 |
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Expected despatch of definitive share certificates for the New Shares in certificated form |
Within ten Business Days of AIM Admission |
1. The Rights Issue is subject to certain restrictions relating to Shareholders with registered addresses in the Excluded Territories, details of which will be set out in the Prospectus.
2. The results of the Rights Issue will be announced by way of a simultaneous RIS and SENS announcement on 13 June 2025.
3. The times and dates set out in the expected timetable of principal events above may be adjusted by Gemfields in consultation with Panmure Liberum, in which event details of the new times and dates will be notified to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange and, where appropriate, Qualifying Shareholders by way of a simultaneous RIS and SENS announcement.
4. Unless stated otherwise, references to times in this timetable are to London time or South Africa Standard Time, as applicable.
5. The Rights Issue will open two days post the record date to allow for the distribution of the Prospectus, as is customary in the United Kingdom.
6. No excess applications are allowed. Qualifying Shareholders will not have the right to apply for any excess New Shares not taken up by other Qualifying Shareholders. Any New Shares not taken up by Qualifying Shareholders pursuant to the Rights Issue, shall be subscribed for by the Underwriters pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Rights Issue and Underwriting Agreement.
7. The allocation of Rights Issue Shares will be such that Qualifying Shareholders will not be allocated a fraction of a Rights Issue Share and only whole numbers of Rights Issue Shares will be issued. Rights Issue Shares of 0.5 or greater will be rounded up and fractional entitlements of Rights Issue Shares of less than 0.5 will be rounded down
8. Qualifying South African Shareholders who hold their Shares in uncertificated form are required to inform their CSDP or broker of their instructions in terms of the Rights Issue in the manner and time stipulated in the agreement governing the relationship between the shareholder and their CSDP or broker.
9. Qualifying South African Shareholders who hold their Existing Shares in uncertificated form will have their accounts at their CSDP or broker automatically credited with their Letters of Allocation and Qualifying South African Shareholders who hold their Existing Shares in certificated form will have their Letters of Allocation credited to an account with the SA Registrar and will be sent a Form of Instruction.
10. South African Shareholders may not rematerialise or dematerialise their Existing Shares from 9 June 2025 until 12 June 2025 both days inclusive.
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ENQUIRIES
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GEMFIELDS |
Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Ian Hughes [email protected] |
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SPONSOR (JSE) |
Investec Bank Limited |
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NOMINATED ADVISER |
Panmure Liberum |
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PRESS ENQUIRES, GEMFIELDS HEAD OFFICE, LONDON |
Helena Choudhury / Albertina Namburete |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS
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Gemfields is a world-leading responsible miner and marketer of coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world's single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licences in Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar. |
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Gemfields' outright ownership of Fabergé - an iconic and prestigious brand of exceptional heritage - enables Gemfields to optimise positioning, perception and consumer awareness of coloured gemstones through Fabergé designs, advancing the wider group's "mine and market" vision.
Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of Gemfields' business model that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector.
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