Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 2507A

Centamin Egypt Limited

28 January 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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		January 26, 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		January 27, 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		7% (aggregate position increased to 7.2609%)

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 if possible using the 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

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

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45,213,860 (BAM) 29,230,320 (OFI) 74,444,180 (Total)

45,213,860 (BAM) 29,230,320 (OFI) 74,444,180 (Total)

49,512,173 (BAM) 29,046,820 (OFI) 78,558,993 (Total)

49,512,173 (BAM) 29,046,820 (OFI) 78,558,993 (Total)

4.5762% (BAM) 2.6847% (OFI) 7.2609% (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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, 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

49,512,173 (BAM) 29,046,820 (OFI) 78,558,993 (Total)

4.5762% (BAM) 2.6847% (OFI) 7.2609% (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 Limited ("BAM") and OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI"). The percentage of holdings noted above is based on total outstanding shares of 1,081,946,250.
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:	Rosemary Baker, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
15. Contact telephone number:	001(413) 744-8258

 

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