TIDMCMCL

RNS Number : 0323Q

Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC

24 June 2022

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc

Notification of relevant change to significant shareholder

(NYSE AMERICAN: CMCL; AIM: CMCL; VFEX: CMCL)

June 24, 2022: Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc ("Caledonia" or the "Company") announces that it received notification on June 21, 2022 from Van Eck Associates Corporation , which is, through two of its funds, a "significant shareholder" of the Company as defined by the AIM Rules for Companies, that it has changed its interest in the Company and on June 17, 2022 crossed a particular threshold for notification of its holdings in the Company. A copy of the notification is below.

Enquiries:

 
 Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc 
  Mark Learmonth                            Tel: +44 1534 679 800 
  Camilla Horsfall                          Tel: +44 7817 841 793 
 Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and 
  Joint Broker) 
  Neil McDonald                             Tel: +44 131 220 9771 
  Pearl Kellie                              Tel: +44 131 220 9775 
 Liberum Capital Limited (Joint Broker) 
  Scott Mathieson/Kane Collings             Tel: +44 20 3100 2000 
 BlytheRay Financial PR (UK) 
  Tim Blythe/Megan Ray                      Tel: +44 207 138 3204 
 3PPB (Financial PR, North America) 
  Patrick Chidley                           Tel: +1 917 991 7701 
  Paul Durham                               Tel: +1 203 940 2538 
 Curate Public Relations (Zimbabwe) 
  Debra Tatenda                             Tel: +263 77802131 
 IH Securities (Private) Limited (VFEX 
  Sponsor - Zimbabwe) 
  Lloyd Mlotshwa                            Tel: +263 (242) 745 119/33/39 
 

TR-1: S tandard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and 
  to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) (i) 
 
 1a. Identity of the issuer or the                                     Caledonia Mining Corp PLC 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached 
  (ii) : 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with 
  an "X" if appropriate) 
 Non-UK issuer                                                                                          X 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes 
  with an "X") 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                            X 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 Other (please specify) (iii) : 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv) 
 Name                                                                Van Eck Associates Corporation 
 City and country of registered office                                      New York, NY USA 
  (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (v) 
 Name                                                         VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF 
                                                               VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 City and country of registered office 
  (if applicable) 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 5. Date on which the threshold was                           17/06/2022 
  crossed or reached (vi) : 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer notified                             21/06/2022 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
                              % of voting       % of voting rights     Total of both   Total number 
                            rights attached      through financial      in % (8.A +     of voting rights 
                            to shares (total        instruments             8.B)        of issuer (vii) 
                                of 8. A)           (total of 8.B 
                                                     1 + 8.B 2) 
                          ------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                     3.58%                                     3.58%             459,458 
                          ------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                    4.01%                                     4.01% 
                          ------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 
 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which 
  the threshold was crossed or reached (viii) 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 Class/type of      Number of voting rights                             % of voting rights 
  shares             (ix) 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
                           Direct                   Indirect                     Direct                  Indirect 
                     (Art 9 of Directive       (Art 10 of Directive        (Art 9 of Directive     (Art 10 of Directive 
                         2004/109/EC)              2004/109/EC)           2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)        2004/109/EC) 
                           (DTR5.1)                 (DTR5.2.1)                                          (DTR5.2.1) 
                                           -------------------------- 
 JE00BF0XVB15       459,458                                                      3.58% 
                   ----------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 SUBTOTAL 8. 
  A                                      459,458                                             3.58% 
                   --------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
 Type of            Expiration   Exercise/                       Number of voting                  % of voting 
  financial          date         Conversion Period               rights that may                   rights 
  instrument         (x)          (xi)                            be acquired if 
                                                                  the instrument 
                                                                  is 
                                                                  exercised/converted. 
                   -----------  ------------------------------  --------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
                                 SUBTOTAL 8. B 
                                  1 
                                ------------------------------  --------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to 
  Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
 Type of       Expiration        Exercise/             Physical              Number of             % of voting 
  financial     date (x)          Conversion            or cash               voting rights         rights 
  instrument                      Period (xi)           settlement 
                                                        (xii) 
              ----------------  --------------------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 
                                                       SUBTOTAL 
                                                        8.B.2 
                                                      --------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 
 
 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification 
  obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 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) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights                     X 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity (xiv) (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
      Name (xv)         % of voting rights      % of voting rights       Total of both if 
                          if it equals or        through financial        it equals or is 
                         is higher than the      instruments if it        higher than the 
                        notifiable threshold    equals or is higher     notifiable threshold 
                                                than the notifiable 
                                                     threshold 
                      ----------------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 VanEck Junior Gold 
  Miners ETF           3.24%                                          3.24% 
                      ----------------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 VanEck Junior Gold 
  Miners UCITS ETF     0.34%                                          0.34% 
                      ----------------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 
 
 
 
 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
 Name of the proxy holder                      Glass Lewis 
                                              ----------------------------------------------- 
 The number and % of voting rights             459,458 shares and 3.58% voting right 
  held 
                                              ----------------------------------------------- 
 The date until which the voting rights        Open 
  will be held 
                                              ----------------------------------------------- 
 
 11. Additional information (xvi) 
 
 
 
 
 Place of completion   Tampa, FL 
 Date of completion    21 June 2022 
                      ------------- 
 

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