Goldplat
plc / Ticker: GDP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining &
Exploration
28 May 2024
Goldplat plc
('Goldplat', the 'Group' or 'the
Company')
Grant of Options and
Restricted Share Awards to Directors
Goldplat plc, (AIM: GDP) the AIM
listed Mining Services Group, with international gold recovery
operations located in South Africa and Ghana, servicing the African
and South American Mining Industry, is pleased to announce that it
has granted options to Werner Klingenberg, Chief Executive Officer,
to subscribe for 4 million new ordinary shares of 1p each in the
Company ("Ordinary Shares"), to Brent Doster, Chief Financial
Officer, to subscribe for 2 million new Ordinary Shares and to
Douglas Davidson, Chief Operating Officer, to subscribe for 2
million new Ordinary Shares (together, the "Options").
The Options have an exercise price
of 6.00 pence per share. The Options will vest as twenty-five
percent on 30 June 2025, an equivalent twenty-five percent on 31
December 2025 and the balance of fifty percent on 30 June 2026. The
exercise period of the Options is one year from the vesting
date.
The total number of share options
outstanding following the grant of the Options is 12,000,000,
representing 7.15% of the issued share capital of the
Company.
In addition to the above, Brent
Doster and Douglas Davidson will each be awarded 200,000 restricted
share awards, on 1 July 2024. The restricted share awards will vest
at nil cost to the employee after 1 July 2025 if the individual is
still employed by the company on that date.
Further details are set out in the
PDMR forms below made in accordance with the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of
the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
For
further information visit www.goldplat.com, follow on twitter
@GoldplatGDP or contact:
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Werner Klingenberg
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Goldplat plc
(CEO)
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Tel: +27 (0) 82 051 1071
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Colin Aaronson / Samantha Harrison / Ciara Donnelly
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Grant Thornton UK LLP
(Nominated Adviser)
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100
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James Bavister / Andrew de
Andrade
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WH Ireland Limited
(Broker)
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Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 1666
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Tim Thompson / Mark Edwards / Fergus
Mellon
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Flagstaff Strategic and Investor
Communications
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Tel: +44 (0) 207 129 1474
goldplat@flagstaffcomms.com
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Notification of Transactions of
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Persons Closely
Associated with them:
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1.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
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a.
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Name
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Werner Klingenberg
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2.
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Reason for the notification
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a.
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Position/status
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Chief Executive Officer
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b.
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Initial
notification/Amendment
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Initial Notification
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3.
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a.
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Name
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Goldplat
plc
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b.
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LEI
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213800WJG4PAPXBRG516
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4.
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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
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a.
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Description of the Financial
instrument, type of instrument Identification code
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Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each
ISIN: GB00B0HCWM45
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b.
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Nature of the transaction
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Grant of options to acquire Ordinary Shares at an exercise
price of 6 pence per Ordinary Share.
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c.
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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0 pence
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4,000,000
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d.
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Aggregated information
·Aggregated
volume
·Price
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n/a: single
transaction
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e.
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Date of the transaction
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28 May
2024
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f.
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue
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1.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
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a.
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Name
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Brent Doster
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2.
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Reason for the notification
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a.
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Position/status
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Chief Financial Officer
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b.
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Initial
notification/Amendment
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Initial Notification
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3.
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a.
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Name
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Goldplat
plc
|
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b.
|
LEI
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213800WJG4PAPXBRG516
|
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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 Identification code
|
Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each
ISIN: GB00B0HCWM45
|
|
b.
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Nature of the transaction
|
Grant of options to acquire Ordinary Shares at an exercise
price of 6 pence per Ordinary Share.
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c.
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Price(s) and volume(s)
|
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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0 pence
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2,000,000
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|
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d.
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Aggregated information
·Aggregated
volume
·Price
|
n/a: single
transaction
|
|
e.
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Date of the transaction
|
28 May
2024
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f.
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue
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1.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
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a.
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Name
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Douglas Davidson
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2.
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Reason for the notification
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a.
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Position/status
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Chief Operating Officer
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b.
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Initial
notification/Amendment
|
Initial Notification
|
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3.
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a.
|
Name
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Goldplat
plc
|
|
b.
|
LEI
|
213800WJG4PAPXBRG516
|
|
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 Identification code
|
Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each
ISIN: GB00B0HCWM45
|
|
b.
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Nature of the transaction
|
Grant of options to acquire Ordinary Shares at an exercise
price of 6 pence per Ordinary Share.
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c.
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Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
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Volume(s)
|
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0 pence
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2,000,000
|
|
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d.
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Aggregated information
·Aggregated
volume
·Price
|
n/a: single
transaction
|
|
e.
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Date of the transaction
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28 May
2024
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f.
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue
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