Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7456A

Botswana Diamonds PLC

04 February 2011

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Botswana Diamonds Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Admitted to trading on AIM				YES
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		JP Morgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		2 February 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		4 February 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5% upwards

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

N/A

N/A

9,348,550

9.30%

GB00B5TFC825

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

9,348,550

9.30%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Total disclosable holding for JP Morgan Asset Management Holdings Inc: 9,348,550 (9.30%) JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited: 9,348,550 (9.30%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		n/a
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		n/a
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		n/a
13. Additional information:	n/a
14. Contact name:	Kartik Parekh
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7325 9387

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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