For immediate release 18 March 2010
Centamin Egypt Ltd
TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer Centamin Egypt Ltd
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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
Security was delisted in Australia, with LSE now listed as the Primary Exchange. YES
Other (please specify): Filing being made under EU TD rules
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Baring Asset Management Limited ("BAM")
notification obligation: OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI")
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on March 16, 2010
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: March 17, 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 5% (with respect to BAM, falling below to 4.994%); However
reached: total percentage ownership is 8.106%; OFI with 3.111% and BAM
with 4.994%
8. Notified details:
Centamin Egypt Ltd
Attn: Company Secretary
57 Kishorn Road
Mount Pleasant 6153
Western Australia
Email: centamin@centamin.com.au
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
of of of shares rights
Shares Voting
Rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
AU000000CNT2
BAM: BAM: BAM: BAM: BAM:
51,323,404 51,323,404 50,978,227 50,978,227 4,994%
OFI: OFI: OFI: OFI: OFI:
37,059,200 37,059,200 31,759,200 31,759,200 3.111%
Total: Total: Total: Total: Total:
88,382,604 88,382,604 82,737,427 82,737,427 8.106%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ rights that may be % of voting
instrument date Conversion Period acquired if the rights
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights
instrument price date Conversion instrument refers to
period
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
82,737,427 8.106%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi
The percentage of holdings noted above is based on total outstanding shares of 1,020,774,478.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is the parent company of Baring Asset Management ("BAM") and OppenheimerFunds,
Inc. ("OFI")
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold: N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights: N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name: Rose Baker, Massachusetts Mututal Life Insurance Company
15. Contact telephone number: 001-413-744-8258
CENTAMIN EGYPT LIMITED
