For immediate release
10 November 2010
NIGER URANIUM LIMITED
("Niger Uranium" or "the Company")
Holding(s) in Company
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
NIGER URANIUM LIMITED |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
8 NOVEMBER 2010 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
9 NOVEMBER 2010 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
15% & 16% |
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8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
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Direct |
Indirect |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
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Indirect |
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VGG651971084 |
16,167,000
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16,167,000
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18,667,000
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18,667,000
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16.4888% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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18,667,000 |
16.4888% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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16,800,000 of these shares are held for unit trusts operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd for which Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the investments on a discretionary basis.
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
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14. Contact name: |
David Clueit |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
01253 754739 |
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Contacts:
Niger Uranium Limited
Gordon Cassidy
Tel: +27 (0) 11 269 4900
Nominated Adviser
Beaumont Cornish Limited
Michael Cornish
Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396