10th Jul 2008 16:48
10 July 2008 Conroy Diamonds and Gold Plc ("Conroy" or the "Company") Holdings in Company
The Company announces, following notification today, that on 4 July 2008 Gartmore Investment Limited sold 4,300,000 ordinary shares in the issued share capital of the Company (the "Ordinary Shares"), equivalent to 4.07 per cent. of the issued voting share capital of the Conroy.
Gartmore Investment Limited now holds 9,885,000 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 9.35 per cent. of the issued voting share capital of the Company. The shares are registered in the following nominee accounts;
Number of Ordinary Percentage of issued Shares voting share capital HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd* 9,321,281 8.82
Nortrust Nominees Ltd** 563,719 0.53 TOTAL 9,885,000 9.35
* Gartmore Fund Managers Ltd A/C Gartmore UK & Irish Smaller Companies is the beneficial owner
** Gartmore Irish Growth Fund is the beneficial owner
Further enquiries: Conroy Diamond and Gold plc 00 353 1 661 8958 Professor Richard Conroy John East & Partners Limited 020 7628 2200 Jeffrey Coburn / Virginia Bull City Capital Corporation Limited 020 7842 5867
Charles Dampney
CONROY DIAMONDS & GOLD PLCRelated Shares:
Conroy Gld&nres