Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2149C

Centamin Egypt Limited

28 August 2008

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

CENTAMIN EGYPT LTD

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________    TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	BARING ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED (BAM); OPPENHEIMERFUNDS, INC. (OFI);
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	21 AUGUST 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27 AUGUST 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4% (BAM 4.052; OFI .296%)

8: Notified Details                                                MS. HEIDI BROWN                                                                                  COMPANY SECRETARY
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
AU000000CNT2	BAM: 32,506,226 OFI: 2,600,000	BAM: 32,506,226 OFI: 2,600,000	BAM: 35,596,726 OFI: 2,600,000		BAM: 35,596,726 OFI: 2,600,000		BAM: 4.052% OFI:.296%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
38,196,726	4.348%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

As of 8/21/08, BAM held 4.052% and OFI held .296% of Centamin Egypt Ltd (Issuer) based on 878,519,163 shares outstanding. MassMutual in total held 4.348% of the Issuer based on 878,519,163 shares outstanding.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is the parent company of BAM and OFI.
14 Contact name:	Jennifer Ryan Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company Corporate Compliance (MIP: K480), 1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01111 United States.
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

 

END

 

 

HOLEAFPPADFPEFE