Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9094I

Aurum Mining PLC

21 March 2010

 



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:

Aurum Mining plc

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):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Weiss Asset Management LP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Brookdale International Partners LP, Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	17 March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	18 March 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	8%

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
GB00B00T3528	3,492,951	3,492,951	3,867,951	3,867,951		8.03%

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

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
3,867,951	8.03%

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

Brookdale International Partners L.P.:  5.26% Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund:  2.77%

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:	On March 25, 2009, Weiss Capital LLC filed a TR-1 for this issuer; on February 1, 2010, Weiss Capital LLC converted to a Delaware limited partnership names Weiss asset Management LP. All future notifications will be filed by Weiss Asset Management LP. Weiss asset Management LP is the Investment Manager of Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund and Brookdale International Partners, L.P.
14. Contact name:	Georgiy Nikitin
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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