DIAMONDCORP PLC - Rule 2.9 Announcement Relevant Securities In Issue

Rule 2.9 Announcement – Relevant Securities In Issue

DiamondCorp plc

AIM share code: DCP & JSE share code: DMC
ISIN: GB00B183ZC46
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registration number 05400982)
(SA company registration number 2007/031444/10)

("DiamondCorp", “the Group” or "the Company")

Rule 2.9 Announcement – Relevant Securities In Issue

Further to the Company’s announcements on 18 October 2016 and 20 October 2016, and in
accordance with Rule 2.9 of the Takeover Code, as at the date of this announcement, there
are the following classes and numbers of relevant securities in issue:

    478,739,580 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each, admitted to trading on the AIM Market of
    the London Stock Exchange and on AltX of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The
    International Securities Identification Number for the ordinary shares is GB00B183ZC46.

    276,839,478 deferred ordinary shares of 2.9 pence each. The deferred ordinary shares
    do not entitle the holders to (a) receive notice of or attend and vote at any general
    meeting of the Company; (b) to receive any dividend or other distribution; or (c) to
    participate in any return on capital on winding up, other than the nominal amount paid on
    such shares following a substantial distribution of ordinary shares in the Company. The
    deferred ordinary shares effectively have a zero value, are non-transferable and have no
    effect on the economic interest of the holders of ordinary shares.

    £2,013,942.73 of senior secured UK bonds, incorporating capitalised interest, due for
    repayment on 14 December 2018. Pursuant to their terms, any request for conversion
    can currently be settled at the absolute discretion of the Company with ordinary shares at
    5.59 pence per share or the cash equivalent of the number of underlying shares
    multiplied by the share price at the time of conversion.

    ZAR40,000,000 of senior secured South African bonds, due for repayment on 14
    December 2018. Pursuant to their terms, any request for conversion can currently be
    settled at the absolute discretion of the Company with ordinary shares at ZAR 0.81 per
    share or the cash equivalent of the number of underlying shares multiplied by the share
    price at the time of conversion.

    A Shariah-compliant secured convertible financing facility, in the amount of £400,000
    currently drawn down out of a total maximum amount of £700,000, with a maturity date of
    15 December 2016, convertible at the discretion of the provider on maturity of the facility
    (or earlier in certain circumstances) into new ordinary shares at the equivalent of a 30 per
    cent. discount to the average daily volume weighted average price of ordinary shares
    across each trading day from the date of the agreement of the facility to the date of
    conversion.



Contact details:

DiamondCorp plc
Paul Loudon, Chief Executive
Tel: +27 56 216 1300
Chris Ellis, Interim Chairman-designate
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3151 0970
UK Broker & Nomad
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited
Adam James/Karri Vuori/Atholl Tweedie
Tel: +44 20 7886 2500

JSE Sponsor
Sasfin Capital (a division of Sasfin Bank Limited)
Megan Young
Tel: +27 11 445 8068

SA Corporate Advisor
Qinisele Resources Proprietary Limited
Dennis Tucker/Andrew Brady
Tel: +27 11 883 6358

21 October 2016
United Kingdom

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