RNS Number : 6485M
Petra Diamonds Limited
21 January 2016
 

 

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.):

Northern Trust Co.

Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A.

JP Morgan Chase

State Street Bank & Trust Co

 

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

19 January 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21 January 2016

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

13%


 

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

68,188,032

68,143,330

67,982,374


67,637,672


12.93%



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

67,637,672

12.93%


 

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 New Era Fund, Inc., which owns 12,129,995 shares.  Such shares are registered in the following name(s):

 

Northern Trust Co. - 2,838,490

 

Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 3,345,535

 

JP Morgan Chase - 14,354,504

 

State Street Bank & Trust Co. - 47,099,143

 

 


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, Assistant Vice President

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

15. Contact telephone number:

001 410 345 2527


 

 


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