REG - Tharisa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares and Voting Rights

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12/08/2024 14:00

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RNS Number : 1233A  Tharisa PLC  12 August 2024

Tharisa plc

(Incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus with limited liability)

(Registration number HE223412)

JSE share code: THA

LSE share code: THS

A2X share code: THA

ISIN: CY0103562118

LEI: 213800WW4YWMVVZIJM90

('Tharisa' or the 'Company')

 

Transactions in own shares and voting rights

Tharisa, the mining, metals, and innovation company dual-listed on the
Johannesburg and London stock exchanges, announces that, in accordance with
the terms of its share repurchase programme announced on 26 March 2024 (the
'Repurchase Programme'), it purchased the following number of ordinary shares
of USD0.001 each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') through Peel Hunt LLP
('Peel Hunt'). The Ordinary Shares purchased will be held in treasury for a
period not exceeding two calendar years from the repurchase date and, unless
reissued, will be cancelled.

Purchases during the period 5 August 2024 and 8 August 2024

 JSE purchases
 Date of purchase                                      5 August 2024 to 8 August 2024
 Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased on JSE  24 933
 Lowest price paid per share                           ZAR18.2200
 Highest price paid per share                          ZAR19.2300
 Volume weighted average price paid per share          ZAR18.8188

 The aggregate number of shares purchased on the JSE in terms of the Repurchase
 Programme since 2 April 2024 is 199 056 at an average price of ZAR18.9593 per
 share and a total cost (including dealing and associated costs) of
 ZAR3 773 953.46.

 London Stock Exchange ('LSE') purchases
 Date of purchase                                      5 August 2024 to 8 August 2024
 Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased on LSE  370 521
 Lowest price paid per share                           77.0000 pence
 Highest price paid per share                          82.0000 pence
 Volume weighted average price paid per share          79.1190 pence

 The aggregate number of shares purchased on the LSE in terms of the Repurchase
 Programme since 4 April 2024 is 4 025 733 shares at an average price of
 79.8029 pence per share and a total cost (including dealing and associated
 costs) of GBP3 212 653.66.

Following the purchases during this period the Company has 302 596 743
Ordinary Shares in issue, of which 6 780 223 Ordinary Shares are held in
treasury.

The total number of voting rights in Tharisa is therefore 295 816 520. This
figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or
a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance
and Transparency Rules.

The information contained in this update is the responsibility of the board of
directors and has not been reviewed or reported on by the Group's external
auditors.

Paphos, Cyprus

12 August 2024

 

JSE Sponsor

Investec Bank Limited

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Investor Relations Contacts:

Ilja Graulich (Head of Investor Relations and Communications)

+27 11 996 3500

+27 83 604 0820

igraulich@tharisa.com (mailto:igraulich@tharisa.com)

 

Broker Contacts:

Peel Hunt LLP (UK Joint Broker)

Ross Allister / Georgia Langoulant

+44 207 418 8900

 

BMO Capital Markets Limited (UK Joint Broker)

Thomas Rider / Nick Macann

+44 207 236 1010

 

Berenberg (UK Joint Broker)

Matthew Armitt / Jennifer Lee / Detlir Elezi

+44 203 207 7800

 

About Tharisa

Tharisa is an integrated resource group critical to the energy transition and
decarbonisation of economies. It incorporates exploration, mining, processing
and the beneficiation, marketing, sales, and logistics of PGMs and chrome
concentrates, using innovation and technology as enablers. Its principal
operating asset is the Tharisa Mine, located in the south-western limb of the
Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The mine has a 13-year open pit life and is
strategically advancing the vast mechanised underground resource which extends
for over 60 years. Tharisa is developing the Karo Platinum Project, a
low-cost, open-pit PGM asset located on the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe. The
Company is committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 and the
development of a roadmap to become net carbon neutral by 2050. As part of this
energy transition, the 40 MW solar project adjacent to the Tharisa Mine is
well advanced. Redox One is accelerating the development of a proprietary iron
chromium redox flow long duration battery utilising the commodities we mine.
Tharisa plc is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE: THA) and the
Main Board of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: THS).

 

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