Gemfields : Unsolicited Pallinghurst Offer Further Update

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19 July 2017

Further update regarding the Unsolicited Pallinghurst Offer

Further to the announcement by Pallinghurst Resources Limited ('Pallinghurst') earlier today, the Independent Committee of the Board of Gemfields plc ('Gemfields' or the 'Company') notes that the unsolicited offer from Pallinghurst (the 'Unsolicited Pallinghurst Offer') has received valid acceptances in respect of 323,683,008 Gemfields shares, representing approximately 57.91% of the existing issued share capital of Gemfields and approximately 92.38% of the Gemfields shares to which the Unsolicited Pallinghurst Offer relates.

As a result of this, Pallinghurst has stated that it will now commence the procedure pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 28 of the Companies Act 2006 to compulsorily acquire the remaining Gemfields shares to which the Unsolicited Pallinghurst Offer relates on the same terms as the Unsolicited Pallinghurst Offer. The Independent Committee therefore recommends that Gemfields shareholders who have not yet accepted the Unsolicited Pallinghurst Offer accept immediately so as to receive their new shares in Pallinghurst as consideration for their Gemfields shares at an earlier date than they otherwise would do as part of the compulsory acquisition procedure.

The procedure for acceptance of the UnsolicitedPallinghurst Offer is set out in the Pallinghurst offer document dated 13 June 2017.

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