NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
A form TR-1 containing the following information has been received by
the Company.
TR-1 notification 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 the notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
Christopher Harborne
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
Christopher Harborne
5.Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed
or reached if different):
9 January 2009, 12 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:
13 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
3% - 14%
8. Notified details:
Holding prior to Friday 9th January = 150,000 shares
Acquired Friday 9th January = 7,698,140 shares
Acquired Monday 12th January = 1,500,000
Resultant total holding = 9,348,140 shares
equivalent to 14.001% of issued shares according to AIM Rule 26
disclosure on Neptune Minerals Website as at Tuesday 13th January
2009
A: Voting rights attached to shares
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of |Situation previous|Resulting situation after the triggering|
|shares |to the Triggering|transaction[1] |
| if possible using|transaction | |
|the ISIN CODE |-------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
| |Number of|Number of|Number of|Number of voting|% of voting rights|
| |Shares |Voting |shares |rights | |
| | |Rights |---------+------------------+------------------|
| | | |Direct |Direct |Indirect|Direct |Indirect |
|-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------+--------+---------|
|Ordinary Shares |150,000 |150,000 |9,198,140|9,198,140|nil |14.00% |nil |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
B: Financial Instruments
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Type of | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of |
| financial | date | Conversion | voting rights | voting |
| instrument | | Period/ Date | that may be | rights |
| | | | acquired if the | |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
|------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+--------|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
Total (A+B)
+----------------------------------------------+
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 9,198,140 | 14.00% |
+----------------------------------------------+
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the Proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder cease to hold voting rights:
N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact Name:
Christopher Harborne
15: Contact Telephone Number:
+852 8177 7281
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