Petra Diamonds Ltd.

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 30, 2015

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RNS Number : 6021D

Petra Diamonds Limited

30 January 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			PETRA DIAMONDS LTD
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				×
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		T.Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		JP Morgan Chase State Street Bank & Trust Co Northern Trust Co. Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		27 January 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		29 January 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
	50,435,006			49,597,432			52,702,223				51,804,870				10.05%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
51,804,870								10.05%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
T.Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) serves as investment adviser, with dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that own shares of Petra Diamonds Ltd., including the T.Rowe Price New Era Fund, Inc., which owns 15,427,283 shares. Such shares are registered in the  following name(s): JP Morgan Chase - 5,578,864 State Street Bank & Trust Co.- 41,766,332 Northern Trust & Co. - 722,831 Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 3,736,843
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Ryan Nolan, Vice President & Senior Legal Counsel T.Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number:	001 410 345 6618

Annex: Notification of major interest in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	T.Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone number & email	001 410 345 6618                                            [email protected]
Other useful information (at lease legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
Other useful information (e.g functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification of obligation)

C: Additional information

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