Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 5576T

Petra Diamonds Limited

20 July 2015

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			PETRA DIAMONDS 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:		T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		JP Morgan Chase State Street Bank & Trust Co Northern Trust Co. Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		16 July 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		20 July 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		13%

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

BMG702781094

67,402,237

66,471,180

68,516,592

67,585,535

13.04%

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

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

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

67,585,535

13.04%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) serves as investment adviser, with dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that own shares of Petra Diamonds Ltd., including the T. Rowe Price New Era Fund, Inc., which owns 14,784,360 shares.  Such shares are registered in the following name(s): JP Morgan Chase - 12,963,324 State Street Bank & Trust Co. - 48,553,324 Northern Trust Co. - 1,962,073 Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 4,106,814
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:	Gary Greb, Assistant Vice President T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number:	001 410 345 2527

 

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