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GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED - Disclosure of beneficial interests in securities

Release Date: 22/09/2021 07:05
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Disclosure of beneficial interests in securities

Gemfields Group Limited            
Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration Number: 47656.
South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10
Share code on JSE:GML / AIM:GEM
ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
("Gemfields" or the "Company")


Disclosure of beneficial interests in securities
LONDON, 22 SEPTEMBER 2021


In compliance with paragraph 3.83(b) of the JSE Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised
that Gemfields received formal notification on 21 September 2021 from Assore International
Holdings Limited (“Assore”) that Assore acquired on 17 September 2021 a beneficial interest in
90,533,595 ordinary shares of the Company. Following the acquisition, Assore held a total of
148,947,454 ordinary shares, equivalent to 12.74% of the total issued shares in the Company.

Online share price services including Sharenet reported two off-market block trades totalling
90,113,595 shares at a price of ZAR 3.20 per share on 17 September 2021.

Assore’s completed form TR-1 is attached.




                                               -ENDS-




               Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at:
                                      GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM




                         To join our investor mailing list, contact us on:
                               companysecretary@gemfields.com


                          For any press enquiries please contact us on:
                                    gemfields@camarco.co.uk
                                            ENQUIRIES




   Gemfields Group Limited, Royal Chambers, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, GY1 4HP, Guernsey
                                     T +44 (0)1481 731 554
                                        gemfieldsgroup.com
 GEMFIELDS                         Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Mark Lawrie
                                   T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400


 SPONSOR (JSE)                     Investec Bank Limited


 SEDIBELO SALE PROCESS             Liberum
                                   Nehal Patel
                                   T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222


 NOMINATED ADVISER                 finnCap
 (AIM) & JOINT BROKER              Christopher Raggett / Tim Redfern / Edward Whiley
                                   T: +44(0) 20 7220 0500


 JOINT BROKER                      Liberum
                                   Scott Mathieson / Kane Collings
                                   T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222


 FINANCIAL PR/ IR                  Camarco
                                   Gordon Poole / Nick Hennis
                                   T: +44(0) 20 3757 4980




ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS


Gemfields is a world-leading supplier of responsibly sourced coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the
operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world’s
single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the
most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds
controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licenses in Zambia,
Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar.


Gemfields’ outright ownership of Fabergé - an iconic and prestigious brand of exceptional heritage
- enables Gemfields to optimise positioning, perception and consumer awareness of coloured
gemstones, advancing the wider group’s “mine and market” vision.


Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction and trading
platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key
component of Gemfields’ business model and has played an important role in the growth of the
global coloured gemstone sector.



                                         GEMFIELDS

                          GEMFIELDS.COM | INVESTORS |FOUNDATION

                          INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | YOUTUBE




                                          FABERGÉ

               FABERGÉ.COM | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | YOUTUBE




                                   KAGEM MINING LINKEDIN

                              MONTEPUEZ RUBY MINING LINKEDIN


       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


ISIN                                                                     GG00BG0KTL52


1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are                     GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED
attached ii:

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer                                                                                   X

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                                                      ASSORE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

City and country of registered office (if applicable)     LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v

Name                                                      N/A

City and country of registered office (if applicable)     N/A

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
                                                          17-SEP-2021
reached vi:

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):            20-SEP-2021

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation


                                                             % of voting rights
                                 % of voting rights                                                           Total number of
                                                             through financial          Total of both in %
                                attached to shares                                                            voting rights held in
                                                                instruments                (8.A + 8.B)
                                   (total of 8. A)                                                            issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii
                                                          (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

      Resulting situation
      on the date on which
                               12.74%                    0.00%                        12.74%                  148 947 454
      threshold was
      crossed or reached

      Position of previous
      notification (if
                               5.00%                     0.00%                        5.00%                   58 413 859
      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             Number of voting rights ix                       % of voting rights
shares
                                Direct                   Indirect                    Direct                  Indirect
ISIN code (if possible)
                                (DTR5.1)                 (DTR5.2.1)                  (DTR5.1)                (DTR5.2.1)


GG00BG0KTL52              148 947 454                                                                  12.74%




SUBTOTAL 8. A                              148 947 454                                          12.74%



B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)

                                                                        Number of voting rights
Type of financial         Expiration       Exercise/
                                                                        that may be acquired if        % of voting rights
instrument                date x           Conversion Period xi
                                                                        the instrument is
         
                                                                        exercised/converted.




                                     SUBTOTAL 8. B 1            N/A                        N/A



B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)

                                                       Physical or
                                     Exercise/
Type of financial   Expiration                         cash               Number of
                                     Conversion                                            % of voting rights
instrument          date x                                                voting rights
                                     Period xi
                                                       Settlement xii




                                                       SUBTOTAL
                                                                          N/A              n/A
                                                       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

                                                                   % of voting rights
                                 % of voting rights if it                                          Total of both if it
                                                                   through financial
                                  equals or is higher                                             equals or is higher
          Name xv                                               instruments if it equals
                                  than the notifiable                                             than the notifiable
                                                                  or is higher than the
                                       threshold                                                      threshold
                                                                  notifiable threshold

ASSORE LIMITED                 12.74%                                                          12.74%

ASSORE TREASURY
                               12.74%                                                          12.74%
COMPANY LIMITED

ASSORE
INTERNATIONAL                  12.74%                                                          12.74%
HOLDINGS LIMITED




10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder                                       N/A

The number and % of voting rights held                         N/A

The date until which the voting rights will be held            N/A


11. Additional information xvi

Nil




Place of completion        Winchester, United Kingdom

Date of completion         20-Sep-2021






Date: 22-09-2021 07:05:00
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