TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

RNS Number : 4627Z
Petra Diamonds Limited
14 March 2017
 

 




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.):

Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A.

JP Morgan Chase

Northern Trust Co.

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:

10 March 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14 March 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:

10%



 

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

55,324,444

53,264,246

54,019,013


51,958,815


9.80%



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

51,958,815

9.80%



 

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 Small-Cap Value Fund, Inc., which owns  8,711,123 shares.  Such shares are registered in the following name(s):

 

Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. -   2,266,227

 

JP Morgan Chase -   15,720,021

 

Northern Trust Co. -   252,697

 

State Street Bank & Trust Co. -   33,719,870

 


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, Vice President

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

15. Contact telephone number:

001 410 345 2527



 

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares


A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

 

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

 

100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD  21202

Phone number & email

 

001 410 345 2527

gary_greb@troweprice.com

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

 




B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

 


Contact address

 


Phone number & email

 


Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)



C: Additional information


For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.

 


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