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CRD - Central Rand Gold Limited - TR-1 notification of major interest in shares Central Rand Gold Limited ("CRG" or the "Company" or the "Group") (Incorporated as a company with limited liability under the laws of Guernsey, Company Number 45108) (Incorporated as an external company with limited liability under the laws of South Africa, registration number 2007/0192231/10) ISIN: GG00B24HM601 Share code on LSE: CRND Share code on JSE: CRD TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES Central Rand Gold received the following notification on Friday, 20 August 2010:- QUOTE 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: Central Rand Gold Limited 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): - An acquisition or disposal of voting rights (Yes) - An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached (No) - An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments (No) - An event changing the breakdown of voting rights (No) - Other (please specify) (No) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Standard Life Investments Limited 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): Vidacos Nominees 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 19 August 2010 6. Date on which issuer notified: 20 August 2010 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 8% 8. Notified details: A. VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES Class / type of shares if possible Situation previous to the Triggering using the ISIN CODE transaction Number of shares Number of voting
rights GG00B24HM601 128,151,764 128,151,764
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 123,151,764 95,151,764 28,000,000 5.948% 1.750% B. QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Type of Expiration Exercise / Number of % of voting financial date Conversion voting rights rights instrument Period / that may Date acquired if the instrument
is exercised / converted - - - - - C. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH SIMILAR ECONOMIC EFFECT TO QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Type of Exercise Expir Exercise Number of % of voting financial price ation conversion voting rights instrument date period rights instruments refers to Nominal Delta - - - - - - - Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 123,151,764 7.699% 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 will cease to hold voting rights: N/A 13. Additional information: 14. Contact name: Standard Life Investments Limited investments_mo@standardlife.com 15. Contact telephone number: (0131) 245 6565 UNQUOTE 23 August 2010 JSE Sponsor Macquarie First South Advisers (Pty) Limited Date: 23/08/2010 11:00:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.
