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RNS Number : 7098G

Africa Opportunity Fund Limited

05 March 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying            Africa Opportunity Fund Limited 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 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             Advance Frontier Markets Fund Limited 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c FRO01 
  (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)                                 03 / 03 / 2015 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:             04 / 03 / 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed           <11% 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                    transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number          Number               Number        Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                 of              of                   of shares     rights                    (x) 
                 Shares          Voting 
                                 Rights 
-------------  --------------  -------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------------------------ 
                                                     Direct        Direct         Indirect   Direct           Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)           (xii) 
-------------    ---  -------  ------  -----  ----  ------------  -------------  ---------  ---------------  ------------- 
 
 KYG012921048   7,967,212       7,967,212            7,699,212     7,699,212      n/a        10.72%           n/a 
-------------  --------------  -------------------  ------------  -------------  ---------  ---------------  ------------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial     Expiration       Exercise/                        Number of voting               % of voting 
  instrument            date (xiii)      Conversion Period                rights that may                rights 
                                         (xiv)                            be 
                                                                          acquired if the 
                                                                          instrument is 
                                                                          exercised/ converted. 
--------------------  ---------------  -------------------------------  -----------------------------  ------------------- 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise      Expiration     Exercise/           Number of voting               % of voting rights 
 financial         price         date (xvii)    Conversion          rights instrument              (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                     period              refers to 
                                                (xviii) 
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 Nil                                                                                              Nominal        Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                         Percentage of voting rights 
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 7,699,212                                                       10.72% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   n/a 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                         n/a 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will         n/a 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to          n/a 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                           Advance Emerging Capital Limited is 
  13. Additional information:               investment manager to Advance Frontier 
                                            Markets Fund Limited 
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 14. Contact name:                         Anthony Lee (UK Administration Agent) 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             020 7490 4355 
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