Notification of change to significant shareholder

RNS Number : 4729N

Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC

23 January 2023

 

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc

Notification of relevant change to significant shareholder

 (NYSE AMERICAN: CMCL; AIM: CMCL; VFEX: CMCL)

January 23, 2023:  Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc ("Caledonia" or the "Company") announces that it received notification on January 19, 2023 from Van Eck Associates Corporation ("Van Eck"), a "significant shareholder" of the Company as defined by the AIM Rules for Companies.

Upon the recent completion of the transaction to acquire Bilboes Gold Limited (see announcement by the Company on January 6, 2023), the Company issued 4,425,797 new shares representing 25.64 per cent of Caledonia's fully diluted share capital. The Company now has three new significant shareholders, as set out in the announcement, and, as a consequence, Van Eck's percentage interest in the fully diluted share capital has decreased and the Company has been notified by Van Eck accordingly.

A copy of the notification is below.

Enquiries:

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc Mark Learmonth Camilla Horsfall	Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and Joint Broker) Adrian Hadden Neil McDonald Pearl Kellie	Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
Liberum Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Scott Mathieson/Kane Collings	Tel: [phone]
BlytheRay Financial PR Tim Blythe/Megan Ray	Tel: [phone]
3PPB Patrick Chidley Paul Durham	Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
Curate Public Relations (Zimbabwe) Debra Tatenda	Tel: [phone]
IH Securities (Private) Limited (VFEX Sponsor - Zimbabwe) Dzika Dhana Lloyd Mlotshwa	Tel: [phone]/39

TR-1: S tandard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii :			Caledonia Mining Corp PLC
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer						X
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify) iii :
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name			Van Eck Associates Corporation
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			New York, NY USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
Name			VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached (DD/MM/YYYY) vi :			18/01/2023
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			19/01/2023
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.08%			3.08%	17,258,923
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	529,779			4.128%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights ix					% of voting rights
		Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
JE00BF0XVB15		532,077					3.08%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		532,077					3.08%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash settlement xii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity xiv (please add additional rows as necessary)				X
Name xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF	2.78%		2.78%
VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF	0.30%		0.30%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder		Glass Lewis
The number and % of voting rights held		532,077 shares and 3.08% voting right
The date until which the voting rights will be held		Open
11. Additional information xvi

Place of completion	Tampa, FL
Date of completion	19 January 2023

 

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