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Petra Diamonds Ltd. Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements 2019

Nov 29, 2019

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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements

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29 November 2019

LSE:PDL

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Petra Diamonds Limited

("Petra" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Petra Diamonds Limited is pleased to announce that, at its AGM held earlier today, shareholders passed each of the ordinary and special resolutions by the requisite majorities on a poll. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website. The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out in the table below.

Resolutions Resolutions Votes for % of Votes Against % of Total Votes Total Votes
(incl. Votes Votes Cast Withheld
discretionary) Cast Cast
Ordinary resolutions
1. To receive the Financial
Statements of the
Company for the year
ended 30 June 2019,
together with the Reports
of the Directors and
Auditors thereon (“2019
Annual Report”). 419,753,325 100.00 0 0.00 419,753,325 9,010
2. To approve the Directors’
Annual Remuneration
Report for the year ended
30 June 2019, as
contained in the 2019
Annual Report. 396,518,936 94.47 23,231,139 5.53 419,750,075 12,260
3. To re-appoint BDO LLP as
auditors to act as such until
the conclusion of the next
AGM of the Company. 419,751,876 100.00 1,449 0.00 419,753,325 9,010
4. To authorise the Directors
of the Company to fix the
remuneration of the
auditors. 419,748,626 100.00 1,449 0.00 419,750,075 12,260
5. To re-appoint Mr Adonis
Pouroulis, who retires in
accordance with the
Company’s Bye-Laws, as a
Director of the Company. 396,436,494 98.90 4,418,694 1.10 400,855,188 18,907,147
6. To re-appoint Mr Jacques
Breytenbach, who retires in
accordance with the
Company’s Bye-Laws, as a
Director of the Company. 415,098,310 98.89 4,655,015 1.11 419,753,325 9,010
7. To re-appoint Mr Anthony
Carmel Lowrie, who retires
in accordance with the
Company’s Bye-Laws, as a
Directorofthe Company. 415,423,216 98.97 4,330,109 1.03 419,753,325 9,010

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8.To re-appoint Dr PatrickJohn Bartlett, who retires inaccordance with theCompany’s Bye-Laws, as aDirectorofthe Company. 415,423,216 98.97 4,330,109 1.03 419,753,325 9,010
9.To re-appoint Mr AlexanderGordon Kelso Hamilton,who retires in accordancewith the Company’s Bye-Laws, as a Director of theCompany. 415,423,216 98.97 4,330,109 1.03 419,753,325 9,010
10. To re-appoint Ms OctaviaMatshidiso Matloa, whoretires in accordance withthe Company’s Bye-Laws,as a Director of theCompany. 415,421,591 98.97 4,331,734 1.03 419,753,325 9,010
11. To re-appoint Ms VardaShine, who was appointedas a Director by theCompany’s Board ofDirectors in accordance withthe Company’s Bye-Lawson 1 January 2019, as aDirector of the Company. 419,736,519 100.00 16,806 0.00 419,753,325 9,010
12. To re-appoint Mr BernardRobert Pryor, who wasappointed as a Director bythe Company’s Board ofDirectors in accordance withthe Company’s Bye-Lawson 1 January 2019, as aDirector of the Company. 419,736,519 100.00 16,806 0.00 419,753,325 9,010
13. To re-appoint Mr RichardNeil Duffy, who wasappointed as a Director bythe Company’s Board ofDirectors in accordance withthe Company’s Bye-Lawson 1 April 2019, as aDirector of the Company. 419,734,894 100.00 18,431 0.00 419,753,325 9,010
14. To authorise the Directorsof the Company to allotRelevant Securities withinthe meaning of Bye-Law 2.4of the Company’s Bye-Laws. 415,420,107 98.97 4,329,968 1.03 419,750,075 12,260
Special resolution
15. To disapply the pre-emptionprovisions of Bye-Law2.5(a) pursuant to Bye-Law2.6(a)(i) of the Company’sBye-Laws. 415,410,431 98.97 4,330,092 1.03 419,740,523 21,812

Notes:

  1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

  2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

  3. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 5pm on 28 November 2019 was 865,431,343.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2R the full text of resolution 15 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm .

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For further information, please contact:

Petra Diamonds, London Telephone: +44 20 7494 8203 Cathy Malins Des Kilalea Marianna Bowes [email protected] Buchanan Telephone: +44 20 7466 5000 (PR Adviser) Bobby Morse Ariadna Peretz [email protected]

About Petra Diamonds Limited

Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and a consistent supplier of gem quality rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has a diversified portfolio incorporating interests in three underground producing mines in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan and Koffiefontein) and one open pit producing mine in Tanzania (Williamson). Petra also conducts a limited exploration programme in Botswana and South Africa.

Petra's strategy is to focus on value rather than volume production by optimising recoveries from its high-quality asset base in order to maximise their efficiency and profitability. The Group has a significant resource base of ca. 250 million carats, which supports the potential for long-life operations.

Petra conducts all operations according to the highest ethical standards and will only operate in countries which are members of the Kimberley Process. The Company aims to generate tangible value for each of its stakeholders, thereby contributing to the socio-economic development of its host countries and supporting long-term sustainable operations to the benefit of its employees, partners and communities.

Petra is quoted with a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker 'PDL' and is a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index. The Company’s US$650 million loan notes due in 2022 are listed on the Global Exchange market of the Irish Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.petradiamonds.com.

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