NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERES

RNS Number : 8743J

Centamin Egypt Limited

08 April 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: ii		Centamin Egypt 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: iii	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. at its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	6th April 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	7th April 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Above the threshold of 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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

N/A

N/A

2,325,924

2,325,924

48,949,742

0.228%

4.795%

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

xv, C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 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

CFD

319,778

Nominal

Delta

0.031%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
51,595,444	5.054%

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 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 Chase Nominees Ltd 42048 262,189 The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited 10602670 2,614 Roy Nominees Ltd 719306 515,462 The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited PTG 468 148,716 Morgan Stanley Nominees Limited 36199142 300,000 Morgan Stanley Nominees Limited 04F607602 19,778 Littledown Nominees Ltd 02891 8,847,625 The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited 52262 830,481 The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited 52266 280,229 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07198 2,325,924 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10478 83,883 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07205 1,670,334 Littledown Nominees Ltd 21688 523,218 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07207 3,988,791 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07199 135,547 Littledown Nominees Ltd 18668 782,619 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10491 10,319,109 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10488 11,324,431 Littledown Nominees Ltd 14489 2,349,791 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10490 1,040,000 Threadneedle Specialist Funds ICVC 34204 947,799 Littledown Nominees Ltd 02642 4,411,739 Ameriprise Financial Inc 375,165 Vidacos Nominees Ltd 110,000
14. Contact name:	Company Secretary, Threadneedle group
15. Contact telephone number:	+ 44 (0) 20 7464 5000

 

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