Notice of Major Interest in S

RNS Number : 4572N

Centamin Egypt Limited

11 June 2010

 



TR-1 Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Centamin Egypt Ltd
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Baring Asset Management Limited ("BAM") OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI")
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	9, June 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10, June 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	4% (BAM independently fell below the 5% threshold to 4.9931%; Aggregate position is 7.6188%)

8. Notified details: Centamin Egypt Ltd Attn: Company Secretary 57 Kishorn Road Mount Pleasant 6153 Western Australia E-mail: [e-mail]

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares

Situation previous

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

to the triggering transaction

if possible

Number of

Number of

Number of shares

Number of voting

% of voting rights

rights

x

using the ISIN CODE

Shares

Voting Rights

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

52,288,251 (BAM)

52,288,251 (BAM)

51,192,309 (BAM)

51,192,309 (BAM)

4.9931% (BAM)

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33,820,000 (OFI)

33,820,000 (OFI)

26,920,500 (OFI)

26,920,500 (OFI)

2.6257% (OFI)

86,108,251 (Total)

86,108,251 (Total)

78,112,809 (Total)

78,112,809 (Total)

7.6188% (Total)

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

xv, C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 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
51,192,309 (BAM)	4.9931% (BAM)
26,920,500 (OFI)	2.6257% (OFI)
78,112,809 (Total)	7.6188% (Total)

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is the parent company of Baring Asset Management ("BAM") and   OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI").  The percentage of holdings noted above is based on total outstanding shares of 1,025,258,333.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:
14. Contact name:	Rose Baker, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
15. Contact telephone number:	001-413-744-8258

 

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