NEPTUNE MINERALS Plc
28 July 2008
NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
A form TR-1 containing the following information has been received by
the Company.
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached:
NEPTUNE MINERALS Plc
2. Reason for notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:
Tell Capital Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
The Tell Fund
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):
24 July 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:
25 July 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Below 3%
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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|Class/type of|Situation previous to the |Resulting situation after the triggering|
|shares |triggering transaction |transaction |
|If possible |--------------------------------+----------------------------------------|
|use ISIN code|Number of |Number of voting |Number |Number of voting|Percentage of |
| |shares |rights |of |rights |voting rights |
| | | |shares |----------------+---------------|
| | | | | | | | |
| | |4,000,000 | |Direct |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|GB00B0LHS387 |4,000,000 | | | | | | |
| | | |Nil |Nil |Nil |0% |0% |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
B: Financial Instruments
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| |
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|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |No. of voting rights that |Percentage|
|financial |date |conversion |may be acquired (if the |of voting |
|instrument| |period/date |instrument |rights |
| | | |exercised/converted) | |
|----------+------------+------------+---------------------------+----------|
|Share |October 2010|October 2006|4,000,000 |5.8% |
|Warrant | |- October | | |
| | |2010 | | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Total (A+B)
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
|-------------------------+-----------------------------|
| 4,000,000 | 5.8% |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if
applicable:
n/a
Proxy Voting: n/a
10. Name of proxy holder:
n/a
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
n/a
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
n/a
13. Additional information:
n/a
14 Contact name:
Dominick Rooney
15. Contact telephone number:
+356 2348 6330
Annex Notification of major Interests in Shares
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities):
Tell Capital Ltd
Contact address (registered office for legal entities):
1, Caledonia Tower
Qui-Si-Sana Seafront
Sliema, SLM 3114
Malta
Phone number:
+356 2348 6330
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal
persons)
n/a
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
n/a
nfo@nepmins.com
Richard Hail (Fox Davies Capital Limited, T: +44 (0) 20 7936 5230
Broker):
Fiona Owen (Grant Thornton UK LLP, Nomad): T: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100
Rozanne Ichikowitz (Grant Thornton, Sydney): T: +61 (0) 2 8297 2522
Nadja Vetter/Sofia Rehman/Matthew Law (Cardew T: +44 (0) 20 7930 0777
Group, PR): T: +44 (0) 7941 340 436
The Neptune Minerals Website is www.neptuneminerals.com
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