Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMCAN 
 
RNS Number : 8037N 
Central African Gold PLC 
17 June 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                   | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying |            Central African Gold Plc | 
| issuer                                      |                                     | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights   |                                     | 
| are                                         |                                     | 
| attached: ii                                |                                     | 
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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                              |  Yes   | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may |  No    | 
| 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   |  No    | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |        | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         |  No    | 
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| Other (please  |                                                         |  No    | 
| specify):      |                                                         |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   |                 HBD Zim Investments Limited | 
| to the                              |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                                             | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv          |                                             | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date |                                16 June 2010 | 
| on                                  |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                             | 
| reached: v                          |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                                17 June 2010 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                                Less than 3% | 
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| reached: vi, vii                    |                                             | 
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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  | Situation previous                               | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                              | 
| of          | to the triggering                                |                                                                                                   | 
| shares      | transaction                                      |                                                                                                   | 
| if possible |                                                  |                                                                                                   | 
| using       |                                                  |                                                                                                   | 
| the ISIN    |                                                  |                                                                                                   | 
| CODE        |                                                  |                                                                                                   | 
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|             | Number                      | Number             | Number                 | Number               | % of  voting rights x                             | 
|             | of                          | of                 | of                     | of                   |                                                   | 
|             | Shares                      | Voting             | shares                 | voting               |                                                   | 
|             |                             | Rights             |                        | rights               |                                                   | 
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|             |                             |                    | Direct                 | Direct xi | Indirect | Direct                           | Indirect       | 
|             |                             |                    |                        |           | xii      |                                  |                | 
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| Ordinary    | 282,985,496                 | 282,985,496        | 0                      | 0         | 0        | 0                                | 0              | 
| Share       |                             |                    |                        |           |          |                                  |                | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                               | 
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| Type of financial                  | Expiration        | Exercise/                             | Number of voting                            | % of voting         | 
| instrument                         | date xiii         | Conversion Period                     | rights that may be                          | rights              | 
|                                    |                   | xiv                                   | acquired if the                             |                     | 
|                                    |                   |                                       | instrument is                               |                     | 
|                                    |                   |                                       | exercised/                                  |                     | 
|                                    |                   |                                       | converted.                                  |                     | 
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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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| Type of financial             | Exercise  | Expiration      | Exercise/                 | Number of voting             | % of voting rights                        | 
| instrument                    | price     | date xvii       | Conversion                | rights instrument            | xix, xx                                   | 
|                               |           |                 | period                    | refers to                    |                                           | 
|                               |           |                 | xviii                     |                              |                                           | 
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|                               |           |                 |                           |                              | Nominal                     | Delta       | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                      | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                               | Percentage of voting rights                                                | 
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| 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 
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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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| Proxy Voting:                                                                   | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |                              | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |                              | 
| cease                                            |                              | 
| to hold:                                         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     |                              | 
| hold                                             |                              | 
| voting rights:                                   |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |                                          | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    |                                Vic Ferns | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |                         [phone]  | 
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