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EPS - Eastern Platinum Limited - Eastern Platinum Limited Holdings in Company EASTERN PLATINUM LIMITED (Incorporated in Canada) (Canadian Registration number BC0722783) (South African Registration number 2007/006318/10) Share Code TSX: ELR ISIN: CA 2768551038 Share Code AIM: ELR ISIN: CA 2768551038 Share Code JSE: EPS ISIN: CA 2768551038 EASTPLATS January 11, 2011 Trading Symbol: ELR (TSX & AIM) EPS (JSE) S&P TSX Composite Index EASTERN PLATINUM LIMITED HOLDINGS IN COMPANY Eastern Platinum Limited ("Eastplats" or the "Company") was notified on 6 January 2011 by the AEGON UK Group of Companies of the following interests in the ordinary share capital of Eastplats. Reason for notification - An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligations: AEGON UK Group of Companies Date of Transaction: 4 January 2010 Threshold crossed or reached 8%, 7% A: Voting Rights attached to shares Situation previous to the triggering transaction: Number of Shares: 61,422,967 Number of Voting Rights: 61,422,967 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of Shares: 56,082,265 Number of Voting Rights (Direct): 56,082,265 Number of Voting Rights (Indirect): 5,487,622 Percentage of Voting Rights (Direct): 6.18% Percentage of Voting Rights (Indirect): 0.60% B: Qualifying Financial Instruments None C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to B Contract for Difference 68,080 Percentage of voting rights 0.01% Total (A+B+C) Number of Voting Rights: 61,637,967 Percentage of Voting Rights: 6.79% Total shares issued and outstanding: 908,025,500 For further information contact: Investor Relations Website: www.eastplats.com Email: info@eastplats.com Tel: 1-(604)-685-6851, Fax: 1-(604)-685-6493 NOMAD: Mark Williams / Ryan Cohen Canaccord Genuity Limited, London Email: MWilliams@canaccordgenuity.com / rcohen@canaccordgenuity.com Tel: +44 20 7050 6500 JSE SPONSOR: Johan Fourie PSG Capital (Pty) Limited Email: johanf@psgcapital.com Tel: +27 21 887 9602 Date: 11/01/2011 11:34:02 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.
