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Notification Of Major Interest In Shares
South32 Limited
(Incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001)
(ACN 093 732 597)
ASX, LSE, JSE Share Code: S32
ISIN: AU000000S320
The following notification was received on 31 October 2015 (AWST) by South32 Limited from
Schroders plc relating to major interests in shares of South32 Limited.
For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are South32 Limited
attached: ii
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
Schroders plc
notification obligation: iii
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 22.10.15
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 30.10.15
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
Above 5%
reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction
if possible using Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights x
the ISIN CODE of of of shares rights
Shares Voting Direct
Direct Indirect xii Direct Indirect
Rights xi
Ordinary
Below 5% Below 5% 278,175,364 N/A 274,163,659 N/A 5.150%
AU000000S320
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date xiii Conversion Period xiv rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights xix,
instrument price date xvii Conversion instrument refers to xx
period xviii
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
274,163,659 5.150 %
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Schroder & Co. Limited 357,488 0.007%
Schroders (C.I.) Limited 15,783 0.000%
Schroder Investment Management Limited 165,448,792 3.108%
Schroder Investment Management Australia Limited 100,976,735 1.897%
Schroder Investment Management Hong Kong Limited 180,733 0.003%
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 4,094,127 0.077%
Schroder Investment Management Switzerland AG 30,000 0.001%
Schroder Investment Management Singapore Limited 3,060,001 0.057%
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:
The shares referred to in section 9 are held in
13. Additional information: portfolios managed by those firms on a
discretionary basis for clients under investment
management agreements. This disclosure has
been calculated based on issue share capital
amount 5,323,762,901.
14. Contact name: Chloe Talbot
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7658 6000
3 November 2015
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