Executive Compensation And Issue Of Shares
Company to issue 577,271 shares to three executives as after-tax bonus compensation at 11p per share.
- Placement Shares to be issued 577,271
- Issue price per share 11p
- Total post-tax bonus amount £63,500
- Shares to William Dawes 236,363
- Shares to Alexander Lemon 236,363
- Shares to Robert Sewell 104,545
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND ISSUE OF SHARES
London / Vancouver: 28 February 2025 - Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM/TSX-V: MKA) (the "Company" or "Mkango") announces that in connection with the reduction in executive management salaries and associated bonus scheme as announced on 10 May 2024, the Company will, subject to TSX-V approval, issue a total of 577,271 common shares ("Placement Shares") to management. Of the total, 236,363 shares will be issued to William Dawes, 236,363 shares to Alexander Lemon and 104,545 shares to Robert Sewell, structured for tax and regulatory reasons as a cash bonus and private placement of the after-tax amounts of the bonus at a price per share of 11p (equivalent to C$0.199, using the Bank of Canada exchange rate as of closing on 25 February 2025 of £1:C$1.8092 (the "Private Placement"). The value of the after-tax bonus to be invested in the shares of the Corporation is £26,000 (C$47,039) for William Dawes and Alexander Lemon, and £11,500 (C$20,806) for Robert Sewell.
The non-executive Directors resumed being compensated from 1 January 2025 onwards.
The Private Placement
The post tax bonuses, totalling £63,500 (C$114,884), will be used by Mr Dawes, Mr Lemon and Mr Sewell to subscribe for the Placement Shares at an issue price of 11p (C$0.199), which equates to a premium of 3% and a discount of 3% to the trailing five-day volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of Mkango's shares on AIM and TSX-V respectively.
The Private Placement is expected to close on or around 10 March 2025 and is subject to the receipt of all necessary approvals including the approval of the TSX-V, and admission of the Placement Shares to trading on AIM.
The Placement Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing shares and application has been made for the Placement Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings in the Placement Shares will commence at 8:00 am on or around 10 March 2025. The Placement Shares will be subject to a statutory hold period in Canada expiring on the date that is four months and one day from issuance of the Placement Shares, and will also be listed for trading on the TSX-V.
In accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR 5.6.1R) the Company hereby notifies the market that immediately following Admission, its issued and outstanding share capital will consist of 326,843,532 shares. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Shareholders may use this figure 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 Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The issuance of the Placement Shares to William Dawes, Alexander Lemon and Robert Sewell constitutes a related party transaction under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holdings in Special Transactions ("61-101"). The issuance of the Placement Shares to William Dawes, Alexander Lemon and Robert Sewell is exempt from the formal valuation requirements of Section 5.4 of MI 61-101 pursuant to Subsection 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 as no securities of the Company are listed on certain exchanges specified by MI 61-101. The issuance of the Placement Shares to William Dawes, Alexander Lemon and Robert Sewell is also exempt from the minority shareholder approval requirements of Section 5.6 of MI 61-101 pursuant to Subsection 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 as, at the time such issuance was agreed to, neither the fair market value of the issuance nor the consideration therefore exceeded 25% of Mkango's market capitalisation. The issuance of the Placement Shares to William Dawes, Alexander Lemon and Robert Sewell was approved by the directors of Mkango other than William Dawes and Alexander Lemon.
Related party transactions under the AIM Rules for Companies (the "AIM Rules")
As William Dawes and Alexander Lemon are directors of the Company, their participation in the Private Placement also constitutes a related party transaction pursuant to Rule 13 of the AIM Rules. The directors independent of this transaction, being Derek Linfield, Susan Muir, Shaun Treacy and Philipa Varris, consider, having consulted with SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP, the Company's nominated adviser, that the terms of Mr Dawes' and Mr Lemon's participation in the Private Placement, are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | 1) William Dawes 2) Alexander Lemon 3) Robert Sewell |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | 1) Chief Executive Officer 2) President and Co-Founder 3) Chief Financial Officer |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification |
| a) | Name | Mkango Resources Ltd |
| b) | LEI | 213800RPILRWRUYNTS85 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Common shares of nil par value each |
| Identification code | ISIN: CA60686A4090 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of Common Shares in connection with a Private Placement |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) 1) 11p 2) 11p 3) 11p 236,363 236,363 104,545 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price(s) Volume(s) 1-3) 11p 577,271 |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 28 February 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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