Holding(s) in Company

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                               |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                               |
|issuer                                        |     Kenmare Resources Plc     |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are |                               |
|attached: ii                                  |                               |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             |     |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+
|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): Change of Custodian                             |  X  |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-----+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |                                       |
|the                                   |        M&G Investment Funds 1         |
|notification obligation: iii          |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|                                      |                                       |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |  STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C GMBM   |
|(if different from 3.):iv             |                                       |
|                                      |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |            03 October 2011            |
|reached: v                            |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |            04 October 2011            |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|              See item 13              |
|reached: vi, vii                      |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8. Notified details:                                                               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                       |
+------------+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous     |Resulting situation after the triggering      |
|of          |to the triggering      |transaction                                   |
|shares      |transaction            |                                              |
|            +----------+------------+----------+-------------------+---------------+
|if possible |Number    |Number      |Number    |Number of voting   |% of  voting   |
|using       |of        |of          |of shares |rights             |rights x       |
|the ISIN    |  ares    |  ting      +----------+----------+--------+------+--------+
|CODE        |          |Rights      |Direct    |Direct xi |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|            |          |            |          |          |xii     |      |        |
+------------+----------+------------+----------+----------+--------+------+--------+
|IE0004879486|79,000,000| 79,000,000 |79,000,000|79,000,000|        |3.27% |        |
+------------+----------+------------+----------+----------+--------+------+--------+
|            |          |            |          |          |        |      |        |
+------------+----------+------------+----------+----------+--------+------+--------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                               |
+--------------+----------+----------------------+--------------------+-------------+
|Type of       |Expiration|Exercise/             |Number of voting    |% of voting  |
|financial     |date xiii |Conversion Period xiv |rights that may be  |rights       |
|instrument    |          |                      |acquired if the     |             |
|              |          |                      |instrument is       |             |
|              |          |                      |exercised/          |             |
|              |          |                      |converted.          |             |
+--------------+----------+----------------------+--------------------+-------------+
|              |          |                      |                    |             |
+--------------+----------+----------------------+--------------------+-------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial      |
|Instruments xv, xvi                                                                |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                               |
+-------------+----------+----------+----------+---------------------+--------------+
|Type of      |Exercise  |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting     |% of voting   |
|financial    |price     |date xvii |Conversion|rights instrument    |rights xix, xx|
|instrument   |          |          |period    |refers to            |              |
|             |          |          |xviii     |                     |              |
+-------------+----------+----------+----------+---------------------+-------+------+
|             |          |          |          |                     |Nominal|Delta |
|             |          |          |          |                     +-------+------+
|             |          |          |          |                     |       |      |
+-------------+----------+----------+----------+---------------------+-------+------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                      |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |Percentage of voting rights                  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|79,000,000                           |3.27%                                        |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+

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

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |             N/A              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |                              |
|cease                                          |             N/A              |
|to hold:                                       |                              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |                              |
|hold                                           |             N/A              |
|voting rights:                                 |                              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+

+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|                             |                                                |
|13. Additional information:  |Disclosure due to change in registration details|
|                             |as listed above in item 4.                      |
|                             |                                                |
|                             |However,   this  has  not  changed  our  overall|
|                             |notifiable position.                            |
|                             |                                                |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |James Todd / Mark Thomas                        |
|                             |M&G Investment Management Limited               |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266                   |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+











+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                               |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying |                                 |
|issuer                                      |                                 |
|of existing shares to which voting rights   |      Kenmare Resources Plc      |
|are                                         |                                 |
|attached: ii                                |                                 |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          |        |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|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): Change of                                    |   X    |
|Custodian                                                            |        |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------------+--------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |                                       |
|the                                   |   Prudential plc group of companies   |
|notification obligation: iii          |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |         See attached schedule         |
|(if different from 3.):iv             |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |            03 October 2011            |
|reached: v                            |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |            04 October 2011            |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|              See item 13              |
|reached: vi, vii                      |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8. Notified details:                                                                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                          |
+------------+------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous      |Resulting situation after the triggering        |
|of          |to the triggering       |transaction                                     |
|shares      |transaction             |                                                |
|            +-----------+------------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+
|if possible |Number     |Number      |Number     |Number of voting    |% of  voting   |
|using       |of         |of          |of shares  |rights              |rights x       |
|the ISIN    |  ares     |  ting      +-----------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|CODE        |           |Rights      |Direct     |Direct xi  |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|            |           |            |           |           |xii     |      |        |
+------------+-----------+------------+-----------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|IE0004879486|467,709,686|467,709,686 |467,709,686|467,709,686|        |19.41%|        |
+------------+-----------+------------+-----------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|            |           |            |           |           |        |      |        |
+------------+-----------+------------+-----------+-----------+--------+------+--------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                   |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                  |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------+-------------------+---------------+
|Type of       |Expiration |Exercise/              |Number of voting   |% of voting    |
|financial     |date xiii  |Conversion Period xiv  |rights that may be |rights         |
|instrument    |           |                       |acquired if the    |               |
|              |           |                       |instrument is      |               |
|              |           |                       |exercised/         |               |
|              |           |                       |converted.         |               |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------+-------------------+---------------+
|              |           |                       |                   |               |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------+-------------------+---------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial         |
|Instruments xv, xvi                                                                   |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                  |
+-------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+-----------------------+
|Type of      |Exercise   |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of     |% of voting rights xix,|
|financial    |price      |date xvii |Conversion|voting rights |xx                     |
|instrument   |           |          |period    |instrument    |                       |
|             |           |          |xviii     |refers to     |                       |
|             |           |          |          |              |                       |
+-------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+--------+--------------+
|             |           |          |          |              |Nominal |Delta         |
|             |           |          |          |              +--------+--------------+
|             |           |          |          |              |        |              |
+-------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+--------+--------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                         |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights               |Percentage of voting rights                    |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|467,709,686                           |19.41%                                         |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                              |
|Prudential plc (parent Company)                                               |
|M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)                 |
|M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)                    |
|M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)    |
|M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)               |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |             N/A              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |                              |
|cease                                          |             N/A              |
|to hold:                                       |                              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |                              |
|hold                                           |             N/A              |
|voting rights:                                 |                              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+

+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|                             |                                                |
|13. Additional information:  |Following a change of custodian for a large     |
|                             |number of funds managed by M&G, the registration|
|                             |details have changed and are now as detailed on |
|                             |the attached report. No other material changes  |
|                             |have taken place.                               |
|                             |                                                |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |James Todd / Mark Thomas                        |
|                             |M&G Investment Management Limited               |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266                   |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+











+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                               |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                               |
|issuer                                        |     Kenmare Resources Plc     |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are |                               |
|attached: ii                                  |                               |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             |     |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+
|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): Change of Custodian                             |  X  |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-----+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |                                       |
|the                                   |        M&G Investment Funds 3         |
|notification obligation: iii          |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|                                      |                                       |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |  STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C GMIQ   |
|(if different from 3.):iv             |                                       |
|                                      |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |            03 October 2011            |
|reached: v                            |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |            04 October 2011            |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|              See item 13              |
|reached: vi, vii                      |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8. Notified details:                                                                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                          |
+------------+------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous      |Resulting situation after the triggering        |
|of          |to the triggering       |transaction                                     |
|shares      |transaction             |                                                |
|            +-----------+------------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+
|if possible |Number     |Number      |Number     |Number of voting    |% of  voting   |
|using       |of         |of          |of shares  |rights              |rights x       |
|the ISIN    |  ares     |  ting      +-----------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|CODE        |           |Rights      |Direct     |Direct xi  |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|            |           |            |           |           |xii     |      |        |
+------------+-----------+------------+-----------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|IE0004879486|376,500,000|376,500,000 |376,500,000|376,500,000|        |15.62%|        |
+------------+-----------+------------+-----------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|            |           |            |           |           |        |      |        |
+------------+-----------+------------+-----------+-----------+--------+------+--------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                   |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                  |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------+---------------------+-------------+
|Type of       |Expiration |Exercise/              |Number of voting     |% of voting  |
|financial     |date xiii  |Conversion Period xiv  |rights that may be   |rights       |
|instrument    |           |                       |acquired if the      |             |
|              |           |                       |instrument is        |             |
|              |           |                       |exercised/ converted.|             |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------+---------------------+-------------+
|              |           |                       |                     |             |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------+---------------------+-------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial         |
|Instruments xv, xvi                                                                   |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                  |
+-------------+-----------+----------+----------+-----------------------+--------------+
|Type of      |Exercise   |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting rights|% of voting   |
|financial    |price      |date xvii |Conversion|instrument refers to   |rights xix, xx|
|instrument   |           |          |period    |                       |              |
|             |           |          |xviii     |                       |              |
+-------------+-----------+----------+----------+-----------------------+-------+------+
|             |           |          |          |                       |Nominal|Delta |
|             |           |          |          |                       +-------+------+
|             |           |          |          |                       |       |      |
+-------------+-----------+----------+----------+-----------------------+-------+------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                         |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights               |Percentage of voting rights                    |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|376,500,000                           |15.62%                                         |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+

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

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |             N/A              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |                              |
|cease                                          |             N/A              |
|to hold:                                       |                              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |                              |
|hold                                           |             N/A              |
|voting rights:                                 |                              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+

+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|                             |                                                |
|13. Additional information:  |Disclosure due to change in registration details|
|                             |as listed above in item 4.                      |
|                             |                                                |
|                             |However,   this  has  not  changed  our  overall|
|                             |notifiable position.                            |
|                             |                                                |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |James Todd / Mark Thomas                        |
|                             |M&G Investment Management Limited               |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266                   |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+











                         Notifable
                         Position
                         Report for

                         KENMARE
                         RESOURCES

                         as at 03
                         October
                         2011



Percentage holdings are calculated
using 2,409,480,507 Total Voting
Rights



                         Registered              Voting        %
                         Holder      Holding     Rights       Voting
                                                              Rights

Prudential plc                                    467,709,686   19.41 Total
                                                                      Notifiable

                Holding
                Type:                                                 Interest
                Direct

                         HSBC SEOUL
                         GL BASICS
                         MOTHER FD        13,393       13,393

                         PRUCLT HSBC
                         GIS NOM(UK)
                         PPL AC          662,472      662,472

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMBM         79,000,000   79,000,000

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIF            533,821      533,821

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIQ        376,500,000  376,500,000

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIV         11,000,000   11,000,000

                         Sub Total : 467,709,686  467,709,686



Percentage
holdings are
calculated
using
2,409,480,507
Total Voting
Rights



                                                 Voting        %
                         Registered              Rights       Voting
                         Holder      Holding                  Rights

M&G Group                                        467,709,686    19.41
Limited

                         HSBC SEOUL
                         GL BASICS
                         MOTHER FD        13,393       13,393

                         PRUCLT HSBC
                         GIS NOM(UK)
                         PPL AC          662,472      662,472

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMBM         79,000,000   79,000,000

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIF            533,821      533,821

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIQ        376,500,000  376,500,000

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIV         11,000,000   11,000,000

M&G Investment                                    467,175,865   19.38

                         HSBC SEOUL
Management               GL BASICS
Limited                  MOTHER FD        13,393       13,393

                         PRUCLT HSBC
                         GIS NOM(UK)
                         PPL AC          662,472      662,472

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMBM         79,000,000   79,000,000

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIQ        376,500,000  376,500,000

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIV         11,000,000   11,000,000



Percentage
holdings are
calculated
using
2,409,480,507
Total Voting
Rights



                                                 Voting        %
                         Registered              Rights       Voting
                         Holder      Holding                  Rights

M&G Limited                                      467,709,686    19.41

                         HSBC SEOUL
                         GL BASICS
                         MOTHER FD        13,393       13,393

                         PRUCLT HSBC
                         GIS NOM(UK)
                         PPL AC          662,472      662,472

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMBM         79,000,000   79,000,000

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIF            533,821      533,821

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIQ        376,500,000  376,500,000

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIV         11,000,000   11,000,000



M&G Securities Limited                           456,033,821    18.92

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMBM         79,000,000   79,000,000

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIF            533,821      533,821

                         STATE
                         STREET NOMS
                         LTD A/C
                         GMIQ        376,500,000  376,500,000

                           End of
                           Report








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