Notification of Major Holding(s)

Centamin PLC

19 March 2024

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1.   Issuer Details

ISIN

JE00B5TT1872

Issuer Name

CENTAMIN PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2.   Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3.   Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Van Eck Associates Corporation

City of registered office (if applicable)

New York

Country of registered office (if applicable)

United States

4.   Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
ESB Pension Fund GDX
VanEck Global Mining UCITS ETF
VanEck Egypt ETF
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (AU)
VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF
VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF
VanEck Gold Miners ETF

5.   Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

15-Mar-2024

6.   Date on which Issuer notified

18-Mar-2024

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 held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	10.1736	0.000000	10.1736	117854387
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	9.76000	0.000000	9.76000

8.   Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
JE00B5TT1872	117854387		10.1736
Sub Total 8.A	117854387		10.1736%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2

9.   Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. 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 entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% 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
Van Eck Associates Corporation	VanEck Africa ETF	0.03000		0.03000%
Van Eck Associates Corporation	VanEck Gold Miners ETF	5.72200		5.72200%
Van Eck Associates Corporation	VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF	3.43400		3.43400%
Van Eck Associates Corporation	ESB Pension Fund GDX	0.00090		0.00090%
Van Eck Associates Corporation	VanEck Global Mining UCITS ETF	0.07100		0.07100%
Van Eck Associates Corporation	VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF	0.36800		0.36800%
Van Eck Associates Corporation	VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF	0.33000		0.33000%
Van Eck Associates Corporation	VanEck Gold Miners ETF (AU)	0.12700		0.12700%

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

Glass Lewis

The number and % of voting rights held

117,854,387 shares and 10.17% voting right

The date until which the voting rights will be held

Open

11. Additional Information

12. Date of Completion

18-Mar-2024

13. Place Of Completion

Tampa, FL, USA

 

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