AIM and
Media Release
25 October 2019
BASE
RESOURCES LIMITED
LTIP performance rights update
African mineral sands producer,
Base Resources Limited
(ASX & AIM: BSE) (Base
Resources or the Company) advises that,
following performance testing of the 2016 cycle of rights
issued pursuant to the Base Resources Long Term Incentive Plan
(LTIP) as at
30 September 2019, a total of 11,514,341 performance rights
have vested. Subsequent to vesting, 4,986,734 new fully paid
ordinary shares in Base Resources have today been issued for the
benefit of LTIP participants that elected to immediately exercise
their vested performance rights.
In accordance with the terms of the
LTIP, the new shares were issued for nil cash consideration.
An application has been made for the new shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM (admission), with admission
expected on or around 30 October 2019.
Base Resources has further issued
20,648,363 new performance rights pursuant to the terms of the
LTIP, comprising:
- 19,251,904 performance rights issued to senior management
pursuant to the current 2019 cycle (other than executive
Directors Tim Carstens and Colin
Bwye); and
- 1,396,459 performance rights pursuant to the 2018 cycle
issued on a pro-rata basis to those senior management that joined
the company after the start of that cycle.
The issue of 2019 cycle performance
rights to Mr Carstens and Mr Bwye is subject to approval
by shareholders at Base Resources’ upcoming 2019 Annual General
Meeting on 22 November 2019. Further details about
performance rights issued under the LTIP are set out in Base
Resources’ 2019 Annual Report and, in the case of 2019 cycle
performance rights, Base Resources’ 2019 Notice of Annual General
Meeting sent to shareholders on or around 18 October 2019.
Both are available from the company’s website:
www.baseresources.com.au.
As a result of the issue of the new
shares and the new performance rights, and forfeiture of 906,204
performance rights upon personnel retirement and resignation, the
Company has the following securities on issue:
- 1,171,609,774 ordinary shares.
- 63,341,487 performance rights issued pursuant to the terms of
the LTIP, comprising:
- 6,527,607 vested performance rights, which remain subject to
exercise.1
- 56,813,880 unvested performance rights subject to performance
testing in accordance with their terms of issue.
[Note (1)
Vested performance rights have a nil cash exercise price and,
unless exercised beforehand, these rights expire on 30 September 2024]
The figure of 1,171,609,774 ordinary shares on issue may be used
by shareholders as the denominator for calculations when
determining 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.
ENDS.
For
further information contact:
James Fuller, Manager Communications
and Investor Relations |
UK Media Relations |
Base Resources |
Tavistock Communications |
Tel: +61 (8) 9413 7426 |
Jos Simson and Barnaby Hayward |
Mobile: +61 (0) 488 093 763 |
Tel: +44 (0) 207 920 3150 |
Email:
jfuller@baseresources.com.au |
|
About
Base Resources
Base Resources is an Australian based, African focused, mineral
sands producer and developer with a track record of project
delivery and operational performance. The company operates
the established Kwale Operations in Kenya and is developing the Toliara Project in
Madagascar. Base Resources is an ASX and AIM listed
company. Further details about Base Resources are available
at www.baseresources.com.au
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