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RNS Number : 4725S Kore Potash PLC 06 November 2023
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE UK
VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU NO. 596/2014) AS IT FORMS PART OF
UK LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 ("UK MAR") AND
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For immediate release
6 November 2023
Kore Potash Plc
("Kore Potash" or the "Company")
Notice of General Meeting
Further to its announcement (the "Fundraising Announcement"), at 7.00am (UK
time) on 31 October 2023 regarding the outcome of a share subscription to
raise US$2.5 million through the issue of 336,575,000 new ordinary shares in
the Company ("Unconditional Subscription Shares") to certain eligible existing
shareholders at a price of 0.38 pence per share (the "Subscription Price") and
conditional on the approval of shareholders at a general meeting of the
Company, 205,675,000 new ordinary shares placed with existing shareholders at
the Subscription Price ("Conditional Subscription Shares") (the "Fundraise"),
Kore Potash, the potash exploration and development company whose flagship
asset is the 97%-owned Sintoukola Potash Project located within the Republic
of Congo, today announces that it will be holding a general meeting of
shareholders (the "General Meeting") on 7 December 2023 at 10am UK time. A
circular containing the formal notice of meeting is being dispatched to the
Company's shareholders (the "Circular").
Full details of the General Meeting and each of the resolutions to be put
before the meeting can be found in the Circular which will be available at
www.korepotash.com (http://www.korepotash.com) or via the following link:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4725S_1-2023-11-6.pdf
(http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4725S_1-2023-11-6.pdf) .
As explained in the Fundraising Announcement, completion of the Fundraise is
subject to the Company's shareholders approving certain resolutions (including
for the purposes of ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 10.11) to authorise the issue of
new ordinary shares ("New Shares").
David Hathorn, Chairman of the Company participated in the Fundraise via two
separate trusts of US$0.375 million each, which, if approved at the General
Meeting, will result in the issue of 162,375,000 new ordinary shares of
US$0.001 each in the Company.
The General Meeting is being held to seek approval of the shares to be issued
to both trusts which are associated with David Hathorn.
Accordingly, the General Meeting is being held to seek shareholder approval
of, amongst other matters, the issue of the 162,375,000 New Shares at an issue
price of 0.0.38p (0.72 Australian cents) per New Share as described above for
Mr Hathorn.
The expected timetable of the upcoming principal events regarding the General
Meeting and the Fundraise is as follows:
Event Date
Record date to determine which Shareholders on the JSE are entitled to receive 27 October 2023
this Circular
Announcement of Fundraise 31 October2023
Circular made available on the Company's website 6 November 2023
Admission of Unconditional Subscription Shares to trading on AIM 7 November 2023
Admission of Unconditional Subscription Shares to trading on JSE 7 November 2023
Quotation of Unconditional Subscription Shares on ASX 7 November 2023
Publication of this Circular 8 November 2023
Last day to trade on the JSE in order to be eligible to attend and vote at the 28 November 2023
General Meeting
Latest time and date for receipt of CDI Voting 5 pm (Perth time) on 1 December 2023
Record date to determine which Shareholders on the JSE are entitled to attend 1 December 2023
and vote at the General Meeting
Record date to determine which Shareholders on AIM are entitled to attend and 1 December 2023
vote at the General Meeting
Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy 10 am (UK time), on 5 December 2023 12 pm (South African time) on 5 December
2023
Time and date of the General Meeting 10 am (UK time) / 12 pm (South African time) / 6pm (Perth time) on 7 December
2023
Announcement of the results of the General Meeting on or around 7 December 2023
Allotment and issue of the Conditional Subscription Shares 14 December 2023
Admission to trading on AIM of the Conditional Subscription 8:00 a.m. (London time) on 14 December 2023
Shares
Admission to trading on the JSE of the Conditional Subscription Shares 9:00 a.m. (South African time) on 14 December 2023
Quotation of the Conditional Subscription Shares on ASX 8:00 a.m. (Perth time) on 14 December 2023
Each of the times and dates in the above expected timetable may be subject to
change, in which event details of the new times and dates will be notified,
where appropriate, by means of an announcement through a Regulatory
Information Service.
Full details of the General Meeting and each of the resolutions to be put
before the meeting can be found in the Circular which will be available at
www.korepotash.com. (http://www.korepotash.com/)
The General Meeting will be held at the offices of our solicitors, RBG Legal
Services Limited, trading as Memery Crystal, 165 Fleet Street, London EC4A
2DYand in order to reduce travel costs, it is likely that a limited number of
Directors, if any, will be present at the venue, although most will dial-in to
the Meeting via an electronic audio webcast. The Company is therefore also
offering Shareholders the option to participate in the Meeting remotely via
the electronic audio webcast:
To access the General Meeting remotely, please register via the link below,
which will then provide dial-in options:
https://services.choruscall.za.com/DiamondPassRegistration/register?confirmationNumber=4850586&linkSecurityString=ce0846904
(https://services.choruscall.za.com/DiamondPassRegistration/register?confirmationNumber=4850586&linkSecurityString=ce0846904)
Please pre-register at least 10 minutes before the beginning of the meeting.
If you have no internet access, the following numbers can also be used to dial
in:
South Africa - 011 535 3600
UK - 0 3333 001 418
Australia - 1 800 350 100
Other countries - +27 11 535 3600
Please dial in at least 5 minutes before the beginning of the meeting to allow
for registration on the phone.
The Company strongly encourages all Shareholders to submit a proxy vote in
advance of the General Meeting, appointing the Chairman of the General Meeting
as their proxy rather than a named person.
This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Directors.
ENDS
For further information, please visit www.korepotash.com
(http://www.korepotash.com/) or contact:
Kore Potash Tel: +27 84 603 6238
Brad Sampson - CEO
Tavistock Communications Tel: +44 (0) 20 7920 3150
Nick Elwes
Adam Baynes
SP Angel Corporate Finance - Nomad and Broker Ewan Leggat Tel: +44 (0) 20 7470 0470
Charlie Bouverat
Shore Capital - Joint Broker Toby Gibbs Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4050
James Thomas
Questco Corporate Advisory - JSE Sponsor Doné Hattingh Tel: +27 (11) 011 9205
Market Abuse Regulation
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this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as
stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 which has been
incorporated into UK law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon
the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service
("RIS"), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
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