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Voluntary disclosure of significant holding of Wilderness ordinary shares
Wilderness Holdings Limited
(Registration number 2004/2986)
(Registered as an external company in South Africa Registration
number 2009/022894/10)
ISIN: BW0000000868
Share code: WIL
(“Wilderness” or “the Company”)
VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF SIGNIFICANT HOLDING OF WILDERNESS ORDINARY
SHARES
Shareholders are advised of the following:
PPR SA (“PPR”) notified the Company on 29 August 2012 that it had
acquired 11,550,000 Wilderness ordinary shares representing 5% of
the shares in issue.
PPR is the holding company of a group which comprises a coherent
ensemble of Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle premium brands,
specialising in apparel and accessories. Distributed in more than
120 countries, the PPR Group generated revenues of €12.2 billion
in 2011 and had over 47,000 employees at year end. The PPR Group
unites its brands behind PPR HOME to work together towards PPR
HOME’s Vision of a better world that is more sustainable -
economically, socially and ecologically - than the world we know
and live in today. With PPR HOME, the PPR Group commits to lessen
its impact on the environment and promotes a new business paradigm
to build businesses that deliver financial, social and
environmental returns for the long run.
The PPR share is listed on Euronext Paris (FR 0000121485, PRTP.PA,
PPFP). Website: www.ppr.com
The PPR Group through its subsidiary, Puma SE, is an existing
shareholder in Wilderness holding 20.1% of the shares in issue.
The shares acquired by PPR S.A were acquired from Capital Africa
Limited, an investment company which is a subsidiary of a private
equity fund under the management of Brait SE (“CAL”). Accordingly
CAL has reduced its interest from 12.28% to 7.28% of the total
issued capital in the Company.
Botswana
03 September 2012
Sponsoring broker
Capital Securities (A member of the Botswana Stock Exchange)
JSE sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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