ELR - Holdings in Company
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May 05, 2012 05:08PM
South Africa's 6th largest PGM producer.
May 4, 2012 Trading Symbol: ELR (TSX & AIM) EPS (JSE) EASTERN PLATINUM LIMITED HOLDINGS IN COMPANY Eastern Platinum Limited ("Eastplats" or the “Company”) received notification on 2 May 2012 by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. of the following interests in the ordinary share capital of Eastplats. Reason for notification - An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligations: T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Date of Transaction: 30 April 2012 Threshold crossed or reached 10.09% A: Voting Rights attached to shares Situation previous to the triggering transaction: Number of Shares (Direct and Indirect and Financial Instruments): 93,685,710 Number of Voting Rights (Direct and Indirect and Financial Instruments): 93,685,710 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of Shares (Direct and Indirect): 93,685,710 Number of Voting Rights (Direct): 93,685,710 Number of Voting Rights (Indirect): N/A Percentage of Voting Rights (Direct): 10.09% Percentage of Voting Rights (Indirect): N/A B: Qualifying Financial Instruments N/A C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to B Contract for Difference N/A Percentage of voting rights N/A Total (A+B+C) Number of Voting Rights: 93,685,710 Percentage of Voting Rights: 10.09% Total shares issued and outstanding: 928,187,807 For further information contact: Investor Relations Website: www.eastplats.com Email: info@eastplats.com Tel: 1-(604)-685-6851, Fax: 1-(604)-685-6493 NOMAD: Rob Collins Canaccord Genuity Limited, London Tel: +44 (0) 207 523 8000 JSE SPONSOR: Johan Fourie PSG Capital (Pty) Limited Email: johanf@psgcapital.com Tel: +27 21 887 9602