AAU Ariana Resources Plc

 
TIDMAAU 
 
   31 December 2015 
 
   AIM: AAU 
 
   HOLDINGS IN COMPANY 
 
   The Board of Ariana Resources plc announces that the Company today 
received the following TR-1 notification which is set out below without 
amendment. 
 
   Contacts: 
 
 
 
 
Ariana Resources plc                           Tel: +44 (0) 20 7407 3616 
Michael de Villiers, Chairman 
Kerim Sener, Managing Director 
 
Beaumont Cornish Limited                       Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 
Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt 
 
Beaufort Securities Limited                    Tel: +44 (0) 20 7382 8300 
Jon Belliss 
 
Loeb Aron & Company Ltd.                       Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 1128 
John Beresford-Peirse / Dr. Frank Lucas 
 
IFC Advisory                                   Tel: +44 (0) 20 3053 8671 
Tim Metcalfe/Graham Herring/Heather Armstrong 
 
 
 
 
 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer 
 of existing shares to which voting rights are 
 attached:                                                                    Ariana Resources 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:                              Lanstead Capital LP 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.): 
5. Date of the transaction and date on 
 which the threshold is crossed or 
 reached:                                              30 December 2015 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 3 December 2015 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 
 reached:                                                                               12%, 11%, 10%, 9%, 8% 
 
 8. Notified details: 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
Class/type of 
 shares                            Situation previous 
 if possible using                  to the triggering 
 the ISIN CODE                            transaction    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                               Number 
                            Number                 of 
                                of             Voting   Number of          Number of voting       % of voting 
                            Shares             Rights      shares                    rights            rights 
                                                           Direct      Direct      Indirect  Direct  Indirect 
GB00B085SD50           101,097,131        101,097,131  59,835,468  59,835,468                 7.46% 
 
 
 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                                                       Number of voting 
                                                                        rights that may be 
                                                                        acquired if the 
Type of financial    Expiration    Exercise/                            instrument is                                  % of voting 
 instrument           date          Conversion Period                   exercised/ converted.                           rights 
        N/A 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
 to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
Type of financial  Exercise      Expiration    Exercise/ 
 instrument        price         date          Conversion period     Number of voting rights instrument refers to    % of voting rights 
       N/A                                                                                                           Nominal     Delta 
 
 
Total (A+B+C) 
Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights 
59,835,468                                       7.46% 
 
 
 
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which 
 the voting rights and/or the 
 financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
N/A 
 
Proxy Voting: 
10. Name of the proxy holder: 
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease 
 to hold: 
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold 
 voting rights: 
 
13. Additional information: 
14. Contact name:                                     Lisa De Vargas, Lanstead Partners Limited 
15. Contact telephone number:                                                 +1 (801) 895-3700 
 
 
 
   This announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on 
behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: Ariana Resources plc via Globenewswire 
 
   HUG#1976299 
 
 
  http://www.arianaresources.com/s/Home.asp 
 

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