AIM: FOX
15 August 2013
Fox Marble Holdings plc
("Fox Marble" or the "Company")
Holding in Company
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:
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
No
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
Yes
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
Standard Life Investments Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
Vidacos Nominees
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
13 August 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:
14 August 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type ofshares
if possible usingthe ISIN CODE
Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
NumberofShares
NumberofVotingRights
Numberof shares
Number of votingrights
% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
GB00B7LGG306
0
6,060,606
0%
5.106%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Expirationdate
Exercise/ConversionPeriod
Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.
% of votingrights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Exerciseprice
Exercise/Conversionperiod
Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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:
[email protected]
15. Contact telephone number:
(0131) 245 6565
Enquiries:
Christopher Gilbert, Chief Executive Officer
Fiona Hadfield, Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7380 0999
Fox Davies Capital Limited (Nomad and Joint Broker)
Susan Walker/Jonathan Evans
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3463 5000
Sanlam Securities UK Limited (Joint Broker)
Lindsay Mair/Richard Goldsmith
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 2200
Buchanan
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Mark Court / Fiona Henson / Sophie Cowles
www.buchanan.uk.com
Notes to editors:
Fox Marble Holdings plc is an AIM quoted natural stone extraction company operating in Kosovo and the Balkans region, with headquarters in the United Kingdom.
The Company has been granted mining licenses in relation to five separate marble quarries and completed a maiden JORC resource indicating an in-situ valuation of approximately Euro 16.5 billion. Established in 2011, Fox Marble has access to over 300 million cubic metres of premium quality marble including white breccia and honey yellow onyx.
Fox Marble also has rights to extract grey marble from the Drini quarry and cream and white grey marble from the Malesheva quarry, both in Kosovo and white Sivec marble from the Prilep Quarry in Macedonia.