Last checked at 8 Mar 2010 16:41
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
GEM DIAMONDS LIMITED |
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |
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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 to the notification obligation:
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MIRABAUD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED | |||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| 743,504 State Street Nominees Limited 20HE 380,091 State Street Nominees Limited XC7U 54,708 State Street Nominees Limited 20HG 431,952 Chase Nominees Limited 60688 262,348 NORTRUST Nominees Limited SRY13 359,478 BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited 164656 489,924 BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited 287624 298,487 BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited 392430 213,631 BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited 392430 RLMF20000 513,027 Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited Account 02 72,774 Securities Services Nominees Ltd 300362 20,000 Securities Services Nominees Ltd 300350 65,133 Securities Services Nominees Ltd 339551 236,082 Securities Services Nominees Ltd 300691 262,348 Chase Nominees Limited 39668 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) 1,519,160 Limited 636003 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) 381,426 Limited 640766 576,499 Stargas Nominees Limited - | |||||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
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26th February 2010 | |||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:
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8th March 2010 | |||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
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BELOW 5% | |||||||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares
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| 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 | ||||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||
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VGG379591065 | 6,986,421 | 6,986,421 | 6,880,572 | 6,880,572 | 0 | 4.98% | 0.00% | |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.
| % of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights
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| Nominal | Delta
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| Total (A+B+C)
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 6,880,572 | 4.98% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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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:
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| 14. Contact name:
| Andre Confavreux , Company Secretary, Gem Diamonds |
| 15. Contact telephone number:
| 0203 043 0280 |