NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERES

RNS Number : 8743J

Centamin Egypt Limited

08 April 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	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. at its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	6^th April 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	7^th April 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Above the threshold of 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type

Situation previous

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

to the triggering

transaction

If possible use

ISIN CODE

Number

of shares

Number of voting

% of voting rights

rights

Voting

Rights

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

AU000000CNT2

N/A

2,325,924

48,949,742

0.228%

4.795%

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

CFD

319,778

Nominal

Delta

0.031%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
51,595,444	5.054%

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

Amperiprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

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:

Registered Owner Chase Nominees Ltd	42048	262,189
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	10602670	2,614
Roy Nominees Ltd	719306	515,462
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	PTG 468	148,716
Morgan Stanley Nominees Limited	36199142	300,000
Morgan Stanley Nominees Limited	04F607602	19,778
Littledown Nominees Ltd	02891	8,847,625
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	52262	830,481
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	52266	280,229
Littledown Nominees Ltd	07198	2,325,924
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10478	83,883
Littledown Nominees Ltd	07205	1,670,334
Littledown Nominees Ltd	21688	523,218
Littledown Nominees Ltd	07207	3,988,791
Littledown Nominees Ltd	07199	135,547
Littledown Nominees Ltd	18668	782,619
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10491	10,319,109
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10488	11,324,431
Littledown Nominees Ltd	14489	2,349,791
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10490	1,040,000
Threadneedle Specialist Funds ICVC	34204	947,799
Littledown Nominees Ltd	02642	4,411,739
Ameriprise Financial Inc		375,165
Vidacos Nominees Ltd		110,000