For immediate release
4 June 2014
Serabi Gold plc
("Serabi" or the "Company")
Directors dealing &
Substantial Shareholder
Serabi Gold plc (AIM:SRB, TSX:SBI) announces that it was informed on 3 June 2014 that Daniel Kunz, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, sold on 3 June 2013 5,096,084 Serabi ordinary shares of 0.5p each ("Shares") at a price of 5.75p per Share. Following the sale, Daniel Kunz has an interest in 468,642 Shares representing 0.07 per cent. of the issued share capital of Serabi. The Shares sold by Daniel Kunz were purchased by Fratelli Investments Ltd ("Fratelli"). A copy of the TR-1 received today by the Company from Fratelli is set out below. Following the purchase, Fratelli is now interested in 343,613,166 Shares representing 52.35 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. Nicolas Banados, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, is an attorney-in-fact of Fratelli.
Enquiries:
Serabi Gold plc | |
Michael Hodgson | Tel: +44 (0)20 7246 6830 |
Chief Executive | Mobile: +44 (0)7799 473621 |
Clive Line | Tel: +44 (0)20 7246 6830 |
Finance Director | Mobile: +44 (0)7710 151692 |
Email: contact@serabigold.com | |
Website: www.serabigold.com | |
Beaumont Cornish Limited Nominated Adviser and Financial Adviser | |
Roland Cornish | Tel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396 |
Michael Cornish | Tel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396 |
Peel Hunt LLP UK Broker | |
Matthew Armitt | Tel: +44 (0)20 7418 9000 |
Ross Allister | Tel: +44 (0)20 7418 9000 |
Blytheweigh Financial PR | |
Tim Blythe | Tel: +44 (0)20 7138 3204 Mobile: +44 7816 924626 |
Halimah Hussain | Tel: +44 (0)20 7138 3203 Mobile: +44 7725 978141 |
Copies of this release are available from the Company's website at www.serabigold.com. Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange, nor any other securities regulatory authority, has approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release.
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 | Serabi Gold PLC | |||
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 | Fratelli Investments Ltd. | |||
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 | 03 June 2014 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 04 June 2014 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | Above 52% |
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, 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 | ||||||||
GB00B4T0YL77 | 338,517,082 | 338,517,082 | 343,613,166 | 343,613,166 | 52.35% | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
WARRENTS (UNLISTED) | 4 MARCH 2016 | EXERCISABLE | 76,250,000 | 11.39% (see 13, below) | ||||||||
WARRENTS (UNLISTED) | 17 JANUARY 2015 | EXERCISABLE | 8,135,035 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
427,998,201 | 57.78% (see 13, below) |
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: | ||
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: | The total number of voting rights has been calculated on the basis of the resulting dilution of the overall number of voting rights in the issuer that would occur in the event of such exercise/conversion of the warrants. | |
14. Contact name: | Viviana Rubia (vrubia@megeve.cl) | |
15. Contact telephone number: | +56 2 2 577 36 00 |
ENDS