Holding(s) in Company

7th Sep 2011 07:00

Gemfields PlcHoldings in CompanyWednesday 7 September 2011

Gemfields Plc ("Gemfields" or "the Company", Ticker "GEM") received notification on 5 September 2011 from Standard Life Investments Ltd ("Standard Life") that on 2 September 2011 Standard Life purchased 1,900,000 the Company's ordinary 1p shares.

Following this transaction Standard Life has a notifiable interest in 20,930,110 of the Company's ordinary 1p shares, amounting to approximately 6.45% of the Company's issued share capital.

Enquiries:

Gemfields [email protected]

Dev Shetty, CFO +44 (0)20 7518 3402

Canaccord Genuity Limited

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker to Gemfields

Tarica Mpinga/Andrew Chubb +44 (0)20 7050 6500

Neil Passmore +44 (0)20 7155 8630

JP Morgan Cazenove

Jos Simson/Paul Youens +44 (0)20 7920 3150

Tavistock Communications

XLON

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