Kenmare Resources : Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii		Kenmare Resources 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): Amendment to previously disclosed notification on 25 July 2012				X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v	25 July 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	30 July 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	See Item 13

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

IE0004879486

480,641,370

480,641,370

490,894,335

490,894,335

0

19.40%

0

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 xv, 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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

490,894,335

19.40%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)
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:	Our previously disclosed notification on 27/07/2012 contained incorrect figures in Item 8. The holding has still not crossed the 19% threshold and still remains as 19%.
14. Contact name:	James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii		Kenmare Resources 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): Amendment to a previously incorrectly disclosed notification				X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii	M&G Investment Funds 3
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv	State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMIQ
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v	25 July 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27 July 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	See Item 13

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

ORD EUR0.06 IE0004879486

376,500,000

376,500,000

399,500,000

399,500,000

15.78%

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 xv, 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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

399,500,000

15.78%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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:	With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 3 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed. This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the shares identified in this notification.  Therefore the 15.78% holding being disclosed in this notification is encompassed in the 19.93% already disclosed under The Prudential plc group of companies and is NOT in addition to it.
14. Contact name:	James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266

Percentage holdings are calculated using 2,530,247,171  Total Voting Rights
	Registered Holder	Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
Prudential plc
			490,894,335	19.4	Total Notifiable Interest
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	912,472	912,472
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	79,000,000	79,000,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF	601,863	601,863
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	399,500,000	399,500,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2	10,880,000	10,880,000
	Sub Total :	490,894,335	490,894,335
M&G Group Limited			490,894,335	19.4
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	912,472	912,472
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	79,000,000	79,000,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF	601,863	601,863
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	399,500,000	399,500,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2	10,880,000	10,880,000
Percentage holdings are calculated using 2,530,247,171  Total Voting Rights
	Registered Holder	Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
M&G Investment Management Limited			490,292,472	19.37
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	912,472	912,472
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	79,000,000	79,000,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	399,500,000	399,500,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2	10,880,000	10,880,000
M&G Limited			490,894,335	19.4
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	912,472	912,472
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	79,000,000	79,000,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF	601,863	601,863
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	399,500,000	399,500,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2	10,880,000	10,880,000
Percentage holdings are calculated using 2,530,247,171  Total Voting Rights
	Registered Holder	Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
M&G Securities Limited			489,981,863	19.36
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	79,000,000	79,000,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF	601,863	601,863
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	399,500,000	399,500,000
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2	10,880,000	10,880,000
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