Holding(s) in Company

 
TIDMKMR 
 
Standard Form TR-1 
 
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 
2004/109/EC 
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 
2007/14/EC[i] 
 
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): 
 
[ x]      an acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
[ ]      an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which 
may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which 
voting rights are attached 
[ ]      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
 
3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification 
obligation[iii]: 
 
            Baillie Gifford & Co 
 
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]: 
 
Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited and Baillie Gifford & Co as 
discretionary managers for their clients. 
 
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is 
crossed or reached[v]: 
 
            2 September 2009 
 
6.         Date on which issuer notified; 
 
            3 September 2009 
 
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
 
            5% 
 
8.         Notified details: 
 
 
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|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                                                       | 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|Class/type of shares|Situation previous to the  |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]| 
|(if possible using  |Triggering transaction [vi]|                                                         | 
|the ISIN CODE)      |---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------| 
|                    |Number of     |Number of   |Number of |Number of voting rights[xi]|% of voting rights| 
|                    |Shares[viii]  |Voting      |shares[x] |                           |                  | 
|                    |              |rights[ix]  |----------+---------------------------+------------------| 
|                    |              |            |Direct    |Direct[xii] |Indirect[xiii]|Direct  |Indirect | 
|--------------------+--------------+------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------| 
|IE0004879486        |43,728,271    |43,728,271  |44,292,518|44,292,518  |              |5.04%   |         | 
|--------------------+--------------+------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------| 
|                    |              |            |          |            |              |        |         | 
|--------------------+--------------+------------+----------+---------------------------+------------------| 
|SUBTOTAL A (based on|              |            |          |                           |                  | 
|aggregate voting    |    43,728,271|  43,728,271|44,292,518|44,292,518                 |5.04%             | 
|rights)             |              |            |          |                           |                  | 
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
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|B) Financial Instruments                                                      | 
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]                     | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/Conversion|Number of voting rights that |% of  | 
|financial |Date[xv]  | Period/ Date[xvi] |may be acquired if the       |voting| 
|instrument|          |                   |instrument is                |rights| 
|          |          |                   |exercised/converted          |      | 
|----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------------------+------| 
|n/a       |n/a       |n/a                |n/a                          |n/a   | 
|----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------------------+------| 
|          |          |                   |                             |      | 
|---------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------+------| 
|                     |SUBTOTAL B (in     |n/a                          |n/a   | 
|                     |relation to all    |                             |      | 
|                     |expiration dates)  |                             |      | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights | 
|-------------+-------------------------+--------------------| 
|             | 44,292,518              | 5.04%              | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting 
rights and/or the financial instruments  are effectively held, if 
applicable[xvii]: 
 
            Baillie Gifford & Co (parent company) 
 
Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Baillie 
Gifford & Co) holds 3.71% as discretionary manager for its clients. 
 
10.       In case of proxy voting:  n/a 
 
11.       Additional information: n/a 
 
Done at Edinburgh on 3 September 2009. 
 
Contact Name: Gillian Wright, Regulatory Filings Manager 
                         Legal Department 
                         Baillie Gifford & Co 
Contact Tel:      [phone] 
 
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