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Holding(s) in Company
RNS Number : 5399E
Agriterra Ltd
31 May 2012

Agriterra Ltd / Ticker: AGTA / Index: AIM / Sector: Agriculture
31 May 2012
Agriterra Ltd ('Agriterra' or 'the Company')
Holdings in Company
Agriterra Ltd, the AIM listed pan African agricultural company, received notification on 30 May 2012 that following the disposal of 3,988,837 ordinary shares in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') on 25 May 2012, Libra Advisors LLC, as investment advisors for Libra Fund, LP and Libra Offshore Master Fund, LP, now holds a total of 73,863,028 Ordinary Shares, representing 6.97% of the issued share capital and voting rights of Agriterra.
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For further information please visit www.agriterra-ltd.com or contact:
Andrew Groves
Agriterra Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 9200
Jonathan Wright
Seymour Pierce Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7107 8000
David Foreman
Seymour Pierce Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7107 8000
Andy Cuthill
MC Peat & Co LLP
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7104 2332
Susie Geliher
St Brides Media & Finance Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177
Notes
Agriterra Ltd is an AIM listed agricultural company with four divisions: beef, maize, cocoa and palm oil. Its cattle ranching business, Mozbife, currently has a 4,000 strong herd, a land holding of over 16,250 hectares, a feedlot and a 4,000 head per month abattoir which is under construction. In addition to selling meat from its own herds, throughput for the feedlot and abattoir will be supplemented using cattle bought in from local communities.
The Company's maize buying and milling operations, DECA and Compagri, are located in Chimoio and Tete in central and north-western Mozambique respectively. These collect maize from circa 350,000 farmers using the Company's own vehicle fleet, process it into mealie meal, the African staple, and then sell it back to the local market, into supermarkets and to the World Food Programme. Combined sales for the year ended 31 May 2011 totalled 28,822 tonnes maize meal generating revenue of US$13.6 million.
Agriterra's cocoa business is based in Sierra Leone, through its 100% subsidiary Tropical Farms Limited, which is currently a buying and trading operation, but provides an ideal conduit to branch out into cocoa production in West Africa. Its strategy is to establish itself as a secure, sustainable and traceable source of supply to meet the requirements of the major cocoa consumers who are placing increased emphasis in this area.
The Company has expanded its portfolio of agricultural products through the addition of palm oil, and holds a lease over approximately 45,000 hectares of brownfield agricultural land in an area suitable for palm oil production in the Pujehun District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. This area of Sierra Leone, which is close to the Liberian bord