Holding(s) in Company

26th Jul 2011 07:00

Gemfields PlcHoldings in CompanyTuesday 26 July 2011

Gemfields Plc ("Gemfields" or "the Company", Ticker "GEM") received notification on 21 July 2011 from BlackRock Inc ("BlackRock") that on 19 July 2011 Blackrock purchased 175,000 the Company's ordinary 1p shares.

Following this transaction BlackRock has a notifiable interest in 16,216,858 of the Company's ordinary 1p shares, amounting to approximately 5.00% 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

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