Issue of new ordinary shares pursuant to the implementation of the Emmerson Acquisition and Total Voting Rights
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Pan African Resources PLC (Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000) Share code on LSE: PAF Share code on JSE: PAN ISIN: GB0004300496 LEI: 213800EAXURCXMX6RL85 ADR ticker code: PAFRY (‘Pan African’ or the ‘Group’ or the ‘Company’)
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Pan African Resources Funding Company Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa with limited liability Registration number: 2012/021237/06 Alpha code: PARI
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ISSUE OF NEW ORDINARY SHARES PURSUANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMMERSON ACQUISITION AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised words and terms contained in this announcement shall bear the same meanings ascribed thereto in the announcement published by Pan African on
9 March 2026.
Further to the announcement published on 22 June 2026 and pursuant to the Scheme being legally effective, the Company will issue, in aggregate, 102,641,421 new Pan African Ordinary Shares (“New Ordinary Shares”), in the form of Pan African CDIs, to eligible Emmerson shareholders (or their nominees) and the sale agent for the Scheme, as settlement of the aggregate Scheme Consideration. The New Ordinary Shares will be credited as fully paid at £1.09 per share 1 .
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”) and the JSE Limited (“JSE”) for admission to trading on the LSE and the JSE Main Board of the New Ordinary Shares (“Admission”). Admission is expected to become effective and trading in the New Ordinary Shares is expected to commence at the commencement of trade on or about 1 July 2026. The New Ordinary Shares will be issued free of all liens, charges and encumbrances and will, on Admission, rank pari passu in all respects with the Company’s existing ordinary shares in issue.
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will comprise of 2,436,312,950 2 ordinary shares of 1p each. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in Pan African Resources plc is 2,436,312,950. 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 share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
1 Closing share price on 22 June 2026, which is the effective date of the acquisition of 100% of the issued shares in Emmerson by way of an Australian Court approved scheme of arrangement.
2 The Company does have voting and economic rights in respect of 306,358,058 ordinary shares held by PAR Gold. These shares are treated as treasury shares for accounting purposes only.
Johannesburg
26 June 2026
For further information on Pan African, please visit the Company's website at
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Corporate information |
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Corporate office The Firs Building 2nd Floor, Office 204 Corner Cradock and Biermann Avenues Rosebank, Johannesburg South Africa Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 |
Registered office 107 Cheapside, 2 nd Floor London, EC2V 6DN United Kingdom Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706 |
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Chief executive Officer Cobus Loots Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 |
Financial director and debt officer Marileen Kok Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 |
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Head: Investor relations
Hethen Hira
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Website: www.panafricanresources.com |
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Company secretary Jane Kirton St James's Corporate Services Limited Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706 |
Joint broker Ross Allister/Georgia Langoulant Peel Hunt LLP Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900 |
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JSE sponsor and JSE debt sponsor Ciska Kloppers Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited Office: + 27 (0) 78 268 9556 |
Joint broker Thomas Rider/Nick Macann BMO Capital Markets Limited Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010 |
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Joint broker Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG (Berenberg) Office: +44 (0)20 3207 7800 |
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