BOTSWANA DIAMONDS PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Apr 21, 2022

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RNS Number : 9323I

Botswana Diamonds PLC

21 April 2022

21 April 2022

Botswana Diamonds PLC

("Botswana Diamonds" or the "Company")

Holding(s) in Company

The Board of Botswana Diamonds announces that the Company has received the following TR-1 notification which is set out below without amendment or correction. 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:			Botswana Diamonds
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify) iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name			Terence Wood
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Dewsbury, UK
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:			14 Apr 2022
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			20 Apr 2022
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.87%	0.0		3.87%
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	-	-		-

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights ix					% of voting rights
Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect  (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect (DTR5.2.1)
GB00B5TFC825		34,000,000		0			3.87%		0%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		34,000,000					3.87%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash Settlement xii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary) xiv
Name xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information xvi

Place of completion	Dewsbury, UK
Date of completion	20 Apr 2022

A copy of this announcement is available on the Company's website, at:

www.botswanadiamonds.co.uk

Enquiries:

Botswana Diamonds PLC John Teeling, Chairman James Campbell, Managing Director Jim Finn, Director	+353 1 833 2833 +27 83 457 3724 +353 1 833 2833
Beaumont Cornish - Nominated Adviser  Michael Cornish Roland Cornish	+44 (0) 020 7628 3396
Beaumont Cornish Limited - Broker  Roland Cornish Felicity Geidt	+44 (0) 207 628 3396
First Equity Limited -  Joint Broker  Jason Robertson	+44 (0) 207 374 2212
BlytheRay - PR Megan Ray Rachael Brooks Said Izagaren Naomi Holmes	+44 (0) 207 138 3206 +44 (0) 207 138 3553 +44 (0) 207 138 3206 +44 (0) 207 138 3206 +44 (0) 207 138 3206
Teneo Luke Hogg Alan Tyrrell Ciara Wylie	+353 (0) 1 661 4055 +353 (0) 1 661 4055 +353 (0) 1 661 4055

www.botswanadiamonds.co.uk

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