APF.L Regulatory News (APF)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Anglo Pacific Group

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Rathbone Brothers PLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

Rathbone Investment Management Ltd

Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

20 April 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 April 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

2p Ordinary

GB0006449366

5,637,850

5,637,850

NA

NA

5,287,850

NA

4.91%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

5,287,850

4.91%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

Total shares in Issued used a denominator is

107476386

14. Contact name:

Compliance Department

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7399 0000

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

Rathbone Brothers plc

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

159 New Bond Street

London

W1S 2UD

Phone number & email

020 7399 0000

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Compliance Department

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

NA

Contact address

NA

Phone number & email

NA

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

NA

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.