Exploration and development company Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited, domiciled in the British Virgin Islands and listed on AIM market, announced the successful completion of a block trade of 11,671,832 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each on 21 October 2016. The traded shares represent 3.3% of the issued share capital of the BVI company, and the trade was completed at a price of 8.5 pence per share to place the entire shareholding of First State Investment Management (UK) Limited. More than 50 per cent of the shares were taken by new shareholders.
Having purchased 587,647 ordinary shares, Labro Investments Limited held 113,764,572 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each, representing 32.3% of the issued share capital of Chaarat Gold Holdings. BVI company's chairman Martin Andersson has indirect beneficial interest in the majority of the Labro shares.
Following the purchase of 1,150,000 ordinary shares, non-executive director of Chaarat, Martin Wiwen-Nilsson, held 8,476,010 ordinary shares, representing 2.4% of the issued share capital of the company. Following the purchase of 2,550,000 ordinary shares, Sarastro Group Limited held 16,021,166 shares making 4.6% of the issued share capital of the company.
11,712,996 ordinary shares may be acquired by the concert party consisting of Labro, Martin Wiwen-Nilsson, Dominik Dolenec, Abingdon Trust, Willem De Geer and Sarastro, within 6 months from 1 October 2016.
