Petra Diamonds Ltd.

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 4, 2015

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RNS Number : 1714Y

Petra Diamonds Limited

04 September 2015

For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
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					X
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.):		Northern Trust Co. Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. JP Morgan Chase State Street Bank & Trust Co
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		02 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		04 September 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		14%

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
BMG702781094	73,004,554			72,081,736			73,845,071				72,900,341				14.06%
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
72,900,341								14.06%

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 15,055,336 shares.  Such shares are registered in the following name(s): Northern Trust Co. - 2,331,939 Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 4,024,853 JP Morgan Chase - 14,854,939 State Street Bank & Trust Co. - 51,688,610
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:	Gary Greb, Assistant Vice President T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number:	001 410 345 2527

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
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 2527 [email protected]
Other useful information (at least 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 obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

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