7 Aug 2009 07:00
Ambrian Capital PLC
("Ambrian" or "the Company")
On the 16 July 2009, RBC Capital Markets Corporation ("RBC") informed Ambrian that as at 14 July 2009, 24,293,538 shares of Ambrian were held within HSBC Client Holdings Nominee UK Limited on behalf of RBC which held and continues to hold such shares as custodian for the benefit of certain of its customers and introducing correspondents. In this regard, RBC is not the beneficial owner of such shares meaning that it exercises neither investment power nor voting power with respect to them.
Following this notification, Ambrian sent a section 793 letter to RBC requesting the identity of the beneficial ownership. On the 5 August 2009, RBC updated Ambrian on the beneficial ownership of the shares and as such, Ambrian has amended its shareholder list to reflect this and no further shareholder disclosure is required at this time.
For further information please contact:
| Ambrian Capital PLC | |
| John Coles, Finance Director | 020 7634 4700 |
| Fox-Pitt, Kelton | |
| Simon Law / Marc Milmo | 020 7663 6023 |
| M:Communications | |
| Charlotte Kirkham / Ben Simons | 020 7153 1531 |
About Ambrian Capital plc
Ambrian Capital (AIM: AMBR) is the holding company of Ambrian Partners Limited, Ambrian Commodities Limited and Ambrian Metals Limited.
Ambrian Partners Limited is a specialist investment bank focused on the metals & mining, oil & gas and cleantech sectors. It provides corporate finance advice, equity research, sales and trading and market making services. Ambrian Partners was ranked first in the AIM Basic Materials Sector in the Hemscott 2nd Quarter 2009 Advisers Rankings Guide. Ambrian Partners is a member of the London Stock Exchange and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Ambrian Commodities Limited is a trader and broker specialising in London Metals Exchange-cleared base metals futures and options. Its customers include metals producers, consumers, merchants, traders and financial investors. Ambrian Commodities is an Associate Broker Member of the London Metal Exchange and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Ambrian Metals Limited is an independent physical metals trader with particular strengths in copper, aluminium and lead. Through Ambrian Metals' offices in London and Shanghai and agents in Calcutta, New York, Santiago, São Paulo, Seoul and Tokyo, it sources non-ferrous metals from producers for distribution to an international client base of metals consumers and merchants.