Notification of Major Interests in Shares

RNS Number : 3004P

Petra Diamonds Limited

23 October 2012

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with the issuer exclude the annex

TR-1:  Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1.   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Petra Diamonds Limited
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:		The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		See Schedule A
5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed reached:		19 October 2012
6.   Date on which the issuer notified:		22 October 2012
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Below 7%

8.  Notified details:
A:  Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary (BMG702781094)	36,147,485	36,147,485		32,820,433		32,820,433		6.4902%

B:  Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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
N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
32,820,433	6.4902%

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

See Schedule A

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:
15. Contact telephone number:

Note:  Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex Notification of Major Interests in Shares
A:  Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number & email	[phone] [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B:  Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Gina Martinez
Contact address	333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Fax: [phone]

C:  Additional Information

Due to a company reorganization, Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") and Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") will no longer report relevant holdings separately.  With effect from 1 September 2012, the holdings under management will be reported in aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

 

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