23rd May 2007 11:26
Centamin Egypt Limited23 May 2007 Centamin Egypt Limited Cessation of the UK Branch Share Register Investors in Centamin Egypt Limited ("Centamin" or the "Company") will be awareof the recent re-structuring that the Company has undertaken; namely theCanadian listing. This now sees Centamin listed in Australia, trading on theAustralian Stock Exchange (ASX), in the UK, trading on the AIM Market of theLondon Stock Exchange (AIM), and in Canada, trading on the Toronto StockExchange (TSX). In addition, and to support the multi listings, Centamin have appointed theComputershare Group to manage the share registers in Australia, the UK andCanada. Centamin are now looking to offer UK investors the ability to trade Centaminstock free of UK stamp duty. However, in order to achieve this it is a legalrequirement that there is no UK branch register in existence. The Company hastherefore taken the decision to close the UK branch share register. Thisdecision has been taken for the benefit of all investors as the Company believesthat it will improve interest in the security and subsequently shareperformance. Centamin's shares will continue to trade on AIM and to be availableto be held in uncertificated form in the UK in the form of depositary interests(DIs) within CREST (the UK's electronic settlement system). The branch register will cease on the close of business Friday, 06 July 2007.Investors wishing to continue to hold their stock in the UK in uncertificatedform will need to make arrangements with a CREST participant to convert theirshares into DIs and hold their DIs representing their stock on their behalf.Arrangements can be made through the investor's bank or stock broker, and a fulllist of CREST participants is available on the CREST website www.crestco.co.uk. Holders who do not make arrangements to transfer their stock in uncertificatedform to a CREST participant will have their holding transferred to theAustralian share register in certificated form and will be issued an Australianshare statement of entitlement from Computershare by Friday, 13 July 2007. Subsequently, UK holders issued with an Australian statement of entitlement willhave to find a UK broker willing to trade in Australian stocks in certificatedform. Centamin therefore recommends that for ease of trading investors make useof the "DI" facility to facilitate trading in uncertificated form through CRESTprior to Friday, 06 July 2007. Should holders miss this deadline, they willstill able to transfer their holdings into DIs so that they can be held andtraded in uncertificated form in CREST. They will need to contact anyComputershare branch and they will help them through the process. All of Centamin's shareholders will have the ability to communicate with aComputershare office of their choice. A full list of the Computershare officesis available on the Computershare website, www.computershare.com. The contacttelephone numbers for Computershare in the UK, Australia and Canada are asfollows:- United Kingdom + 44 (0) 870 889 3268 Australia 1300 557 010 (within Australia) or + 61 3 9415 4000 (outside Australia) Canada 1 800 564 6253 (within North America) or + 514 982 7555 23 May 2007 For more information please contact: Centamin Egypt LimitedPh: + 61 (8) 9316 2640Josef El-Raghywww.centamin.com Bishopsgate Communications Ltd+ 44 (0) 20 7562 3350Maxine Barnes / Nick Romewww.bishopsgatecommunications.com Evolution Securities+ 44 (0) 20 7071 4300Frank Moxon / Simon Leatherswww.evosecurities.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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