Anglo Pacific: Notification of Major Interest i...

FOR:  ANGLO PACIFIC GROUP PLC

LSE SYMBOL:  APF
TSX SYMBOL:  APY

April 20, 2012

Anglo Pacific: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - April 20, 2012) - Anglo Pacific Group PLC (LSE:APF)(TSX:APY) -

For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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1. Identity of the issuer or the
underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached:
(ii)                                         Anglo Pacific Group Plc
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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                                                  X
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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 notification obligation: (iii)      LIONTRUST INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLP
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if
different from 3.):(iv)                                N/A
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5. Date of the transaction and date
on which the threshold is crossed or
reached: (v)                                       12/04/2012
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                  19/04/2012
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed
or reached: (vi, vii)                                  8 %
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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 shares   Situation
            previous
if possible to the
using the   triggering     Resulting situation after the triggering
ISIN CODE   transaction    transaction
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                    Number
             Number   of
               of   Voting     Number    Number of voting     % of voting
             Shares Rights    of shares  rights               rights (x)
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                                                       Indi-
                                         Direct         rect           Indi-
                               Direct    (xi)          (xii)    Direct  rect
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GB0006449366  00.00   00.00 9,218,108.00 9,218,108.00   N/A   8.4423 %   N/A
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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                                             Number of voting
                                             rights that may
                                             be
                                             acquired if the
Type of                       Exercise/      instrument is
financial      Expiration     Conversion     exercised/      % of voting
instrument     date(xiii)     Period(xiv)    converted.      rights
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N/A            N/A            N/A            N/A             N/A
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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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                               Exercise/  Number of
                                Conver-    voting             % of
Type of             Expiration   sion      rights            voting
financial  Exercise    date     period   instrument          rights
instrument   price    (xvii)    (xviii)   refers to         (xix, xx)
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                                                       Nominal      Delta
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N/A           N/A       N/A       N/A        N/A         N/A         N/A
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights             Percentage of voting rights
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9,218,108.00                        8.4423 %
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)
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                                     N/A
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:                               N/A
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will
cease to hold:                                              N/A
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to
hold voting rights:                                         N/A
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:                                        Jarek Rys
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15. Contact telephone number:                          020 7412 1732
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Jarek Rys
020 7412 1732

Anglo Pacific Group Plc