Petra Diamonds Regulatory News (PDL)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

Petra Diamonds Limited

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 thenotification obligation:

M&G Investment Funds (3)

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

State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMIQ

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

13 January 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

16 January 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

Below 5%

See item 13

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORD GBP0.10 (DI)

BMG702781094

26,649,931

26,649,931

26,425,760

0

26,425,760

0

4.98%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

26,425,760

4.98%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds (3) is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed.

This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the shares identified in this notification.

We no longer hold a notifiable interest under M&G Investment Funds (3).

14. Contact name:

Owen Smith / James Todd / John Baker

M&G Investment Management Limited

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7004 4517 / 020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 2561