23rd Apr 2015 17:04
For immediate release
23 April 2015
West African Minerals Corporation
("West African" or the "Company")
Holding in Company
The Board of West African announces that on 22 April 2015 the Company received the following TR-1 notification submitted on behalf of Panetta Partners and which is set out below without amendment.
For further information contact:
West African Minerals Corporation | Anton Mauve Managing Director
| +44 (0) 1624 639396
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Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser) | Roland Cornish Michael Cornish
| +44 (0)20 7628 3396 |
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Broker) | Ewan Leggat
| +44 (0) 20 3470 0500 |
TR-1 Submitted on behalf of Panetta Partners
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | WEST AFRICAN MINERALS CORPORATION | ||||
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 | |||||
Other (please specify): | Previous notification of interest in shares made on 2nd May 2014 contained incorrect information which Panetta has only now become aware of. Panetta has not dealt in any shares in WAFM since its most recent participation in the company's financing round which was announced on 2nd May 2014. This TR-1 is correcting previously notified dealings. | X | |||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | Panetta Partners Limited
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | |||||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 29 April 2014 | ||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 2 May 2014 | ||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | 14% | ||||
8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | |||||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights x | |||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
Shares | 37,058,775
| 37,058,775
| 57,559,775 | 57,559,775 | Nil | 15.10 | Nil | ||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights xix, xx
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| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||
57,559,775 | 15.10 | ||||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
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Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | ||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | ||
13. Additional information: | ||
14. Contact name: | Saul Sender Mishcon de Reya
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15. Contact telephone number: | 02074404700 | |
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