Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMNGL 
 
RNS Number : 0087U 
Norseman Gold PLC 
07 October 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 | Norseman Gold PLC GB00B2N7FW85      | 
| 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 |        | 
| 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   |        | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |        | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         |        | 
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| Other (please  |                                                         |        | 
| specify):      |                                                         |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   | Mr J D Slater and Family                    | 
| 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 | 05 October 2010                             | 
| on                                  |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                             | 
| reached: v                          |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   | 06 October 2010                             | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | 5%                                          | 
| or                                  |                                             | 
| 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                                   | 
| of           | to the triggering                       | transaction                                                                | 
| shares       | transaction                             |                                                                            | 
| if possible  |                                         |                                                                            | 
| using        |                                         |                                                                            | 
| the ISIN     |                                         |                                                                            | 
| CODE         |                                         |                                                                            | 
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|              | Number              | Number            | Number          | Number of            | % of  voting rights x             | 
|              | of                  | of                | of              | voting               |                                   | 
|              | Shares              | Voting            | shares          | rights               |                                   | 
|              |                     | Rights            |                 |                      |                                   | 
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|              |                     |                   | Direct          | Direct    | Indirect | Direct                | Indirect  | 
|              |                     |                   |                 | xi        | xii      |                       |           | 
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| GB00B2N7FW85 | 8,860,000           | 8,860,000         | 9,500,000       | 9,500,000 |          | 4.81                  |           | 
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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                 | Exercise | Expiration    | Exercise/           | Number of voting           | % of voting                 | 
| financial               | price    | date xvii     | Conversion          | rights instrument          | rights xix, xx              | 
| instrument              |          |               | period              | refers to                  |                             | 
|                         |          |               | xviii               |                            |                             | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                       | 
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| Number of voting rights                                              | Percentage of voting rights                                  | 
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| 9,500,000                                                            | 4.81                                                         | 
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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:          | Although the family holding has risen    | 
|                                      | from 8,860,000 to 9,500,000 shares, it   | 
|                                      | has fallen in percentage terms to 4.81%  | 
|                                      | as a result of the increase in capital.  | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    | Mark Collingbourne                       | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 01620 810 168                            | 
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer             | 
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in share                            | 
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification     | 
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| Full name                           |                                      | 
| (including legal form of legal      |                                      | 
| entities)                           |                                      | 
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| Contact address                     |                                      | 
| (registered office for legal        |                                      | 
| entities)                           |                                      | 
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| Phone number & email                |                                      | 
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| Other useful information            |                                      | 
| (at least legal representative for  |                                      | 
| legal persons)                      |                                      | 
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                 | 
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| Full name                           |                                      | 
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| Contact address                     |                                      | 
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| Phone number & email                |                                      | 
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| Other useful information            |                                      | 
| (e.g. functional relationship with  |                                      | 
| the person or legal entity subject  |                                      | 
| to the notification obligation)     |                                      | 
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| C: Additional information                                                  | 
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| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.         | 
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