Exercise of Options and Sale of Shares by PDMR
Anglo Asian Mining PLC announced that Stephen Westhead, Vice President, exercised 160,000 options at £1.11 per share and subsequently sold 40,000 ordinary shares at 380 pence per share to facilitate a cashless exercise. Following these transactions, Mr. Westhead holds 406,002 ordinary shares, representing 0.354% of the company's issued share capital. The company has applied for the admission of 160,000 new ordinary shares to trading on AIM, expected around July 30, 2026, bringing the total issued share capital to 114,772,024 shares, with 114,622,024 total voting rights.
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Anglo Asian Mining PLC ("Anglo Asian", the "Company" or the "Group"), the AIM listed gold, copper and silver producer focused in Azerbaijan, announces that it has received notification from Stephen Westhead, Vice President and a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") that he has exercise 160,000 options over ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted to him at an exercise price of £1.11 per option ("Options").
Following Mr Westhead's Option exercise, he immediately sold 40,000 Ordinary Shares in order to facilitate a cashless exercise, at a price of 380 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following the exercise of Options and sale of Ordinary Shares, Mr Westhead has an interest of 406,002 ordinary shares, representing 0.354 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.
Admission and Total Voting Rights
The 160,000 new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company including the right to receive any dividend or other distribution thereafter declared, made or paid. Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings in the new Ordinary Shares will commence on or around 30 July 2026.
Following the issue of the new Ordinary Shares, the Company's issued share capital now consists of 114,772,024 ordinary shares of 1p each, 150,000 of which are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 114,622,024.
The above figure of 114,622,024 may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
| a) | Name: | Stephen Westhead | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | Vice President | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
| a) | Name: | Anglo Asian Mining plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 213800F9JM669WH34359 | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each GB00B0C18177 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Exercise of share options | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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| d) | Aggregated information: | N/A | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction: | 2026-07-24 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | Off-market | ||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Stephen Westhead | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | Vice President | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
| a) | Name: | Anglo Asian Mining plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 213800F9JM669WH34359 | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each GB00B0C18177 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Sale of shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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| d) | Aggregated information: | N/A | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction: | 2026-07-27 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | AIM, London Stock Exchange |
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