Holding(s) in Company

20th Jul 2011 12:20

Gemfields PlcHoldings in CompanyWednesday 20 July 2011

Gemfields Plc ("Gemfields" or "the Company", Ticker "GEM") received notification on 13 July 2011 from BlackRock Inc ("BlackRock") that on 11 July 2011 Blackrock sold 375,000 the Company's ordinary 1p shares.

Following this transaction BlackRock has a notifiable interest in 16,041,858 of the Company's ordinary 1p shares, amounting to approximately 4.95% of the Company's issued share capital.

Enquiries:

Gemfields dev.shetty@gemfields.co.uk

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

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