Notification of major interes

RNS Number : 9629Q

Centamin Egypt Limited

12 August 2010

 



For Immediate Release

12 August 2010

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:		Centamin Egypt Ltd
2. Reason for the notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. at its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	10 August 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	11 August 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

Situation previous

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

to the triggering transaction

If possible use ISIN CODE

Number of

Number of

Number of shares

Number of voting

% of voting rights

rights

x

Shares

Voting Rights

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

AU000000CNT2

51,275,666

51,275,666

2,731,134

2,731,134

48,557,838

0.265%

4.719%

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

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 xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

CFD

100,000

Nominal

Delta

0.010%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

51,388,972

4.994%

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

Amperiprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A
13. Additional information:	Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 38295 375,000 Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 42048 350,410 State Street Nominees Limited A/c 00401323 785,732 HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 1013333 90,000 Royal Trust Corp of Canada A/c 719306 644,943 The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c PTG 468 133,230 HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 01014405 25,000 Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 27,959 Morgan Stanley Nominees Limited A/c 36199142 100,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 02891 7,929,553 The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c 52262 1,309,391 The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c 52266 280,229 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07198 2,139,825 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 216,309 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10478 35,381 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 27,520 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07205 1,670,334 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21688 523,218 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07207 4,470,515 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07196 109,746 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07199 132,650 Roy Nominees A/c 104450 292,416 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c WWSF0004002 1,299,108 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10497 2,150,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18668 993,348 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 14,338,569 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489 2,349,791 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10490 1,444,000 Threadneedle Specialist Funds ICVC A/c 34204 926,637 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 02642 5,772,993 Ameriprise Financial Inc A/c 375,165 Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/c 70,000
14. Contact name:	Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	+ 44 (0) 1793 363 751

 

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