LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Dec. 6, 2016) – Horizonte Minerals Plc, (AIM:HZM)(TSX:HZM)
| 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 |
Horizonte Minerals plc |
| 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 |
Henderson Group plc |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v |
5 December 2016 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 6 December 2016 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii |
Above 14% |
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, 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 | |||
| Ordinary | 154,189,373 | 154,189,373 | 165,376,242 | 14.11% | |||
| GB00B11DNM70 | |||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument |
Expiration datexiii |
Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
% of voting rights |
| 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 periodxviii |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights xix, xx | |
| Nominal | Delta | |||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 165,376,242 | 14.11% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi |
| See Appendix 1 below. |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | |
| 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: | This disclosure has been calculated based on total voting rights of 1,171,934,300. |
| 14. Contact name: | Scott Dickenson |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7818 4184 |
| Annex 1: Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):[ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.xiii[X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv: |
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| Namexv | % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
| Henderson Group plc, Henderson Group Holdings Asset Management Limited, HGI Asset Management Group Limited, Henderson Global Group Limited, Henderson Holdings Group Limited, HGI Group Limited, Henderson Global Investors (Holdings) Limited, AlphaGen Capital Limited | 5.11% | – | 5.11% |
| Henderson Group plc, Henderson Group Holdings Asset Management Limited, HGI Asset Management Group Limited, Henderson Global Group Limited, Henderson Holdings Group Limited, HGI Group Limited, Henderson Global Investors (Holdings) Limited, Henderson Global Investors Limited | 9.00% | – | 9.00% |
Horizonte Minerals plc
Jeremy Martin
+44 (0) 20 7763 7157
Jeremy Martin
+44 (0) 20 7763 7157
Horizonte Minerals plc
David Hall
+44 (0) 20 7763 7157
finnCap Ltd (Corporate Broking)
Joanna Scott
+44 (0) 20 7220 0500
finnCap Ltd (Corporate Finance)
Christopher Raggett
+44 (0) 20 7220 0500
finnCap Ltd (Corporate Finance)
James Thompson
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finnCap Ltd (Corporate Finance)
Anthony Adams
+44 (0) 20 7220 0500
Shard Capital Stockbrokers (Joint Broker)
Damon Heath
+44 (0) 20 7186 9952
Shard Capital Stockbrokers (Joint Broker)
Erik Woolgar
+44 (0) 20 7186 9952
St Brides Partners Ltd (PR)
Lottie Brocklehurst
+44 (0) 20 7236 1177
St Brides Partners Ltd (PR)
Elisabeth Cowell
+44 (0) 20 7236 1177
