SAR 3 - Oxus Gold Plc

22 Dec 2005 11:32

RAB Capital plc22 December 2005 FORM SAR 3 DISCLOSURE OF ACQUISITIONS (Rule 3 of The Rules Governing Substantial Acquisitions of Shares) +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Name of acquirer |RAB Capital plc |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Beneficial owner, if different from | ||above | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Names of any other persons acting by |N/a ||agreement or understanding (see SAR | ||5) | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Company dealt in |Oxus Gold Plc || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Class of voting shares (eg ordinary |Ordinary Shares ||shares) | || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Date of acquisition |21/12/2005 || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Number of shares acquired |2,193,694 || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Number of rights over shares acquired|N/a ||# | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Nature of rights over shares |N/a |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Total holding of voting shares (and |55,262,782 (19.16%) ||percentage of total voting shares in | ||issue) | || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Total holding of rights over shares |- ||(and percentage of total voting | ||shares in issue) | || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Combined total holding (and |55,262,782 (19.16%) ||percentage) of voting shares and | ||rights over shares | || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Date of disclosure |22/12/2005 || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Contact name |Neil Warrender || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Telephone number |020 7389 7015 || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ # See the definition of "rights over shares" in the Definitions Section of theSARs. For details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see SARs 3 and 5 and theirNotes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange