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RNS Number : 3726O

South African Property Opps PLC

10 October 2012

 
 
 
 
 TR-1:NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying             South African Property Opportunities 
  issuer                                                                                  PLC 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                             X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                  Weiss Asset Management LP 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                       Brookdale International Partners, L.P., 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                               Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                              Oct-08-2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                Oct-09-2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                                > 25, 26% 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                  Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                   transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number          Number              Number        Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                 of              of                  of shares     rights                    (x) 
                 Shares          Voting 
                                 Rights 
-------------  --------------  ------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------------------------ 
                                                    Direct        Direct         Indirect   Direct          Indirect 
                                                                   (xi)           (xii) 
-------------    ---  -------  ------  -----  ---  ------------  -------------  ---------  --------------  -------------- 
 GB00B16GQJ90     8,337,488         8,337,488        9,637,488     9,637,488       n/a         15.47 %           n/a 
-------------  --------------  ------------------  ------------  -------------  ---------  --------------  -------------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial     Expiration       Exercise/                       Number of voting              % of voting 
  instrument            date (xiii)      Conversion Period               rights that may               rights 
                                         (xiv)                           be 
                                                                         acquired if the 
                                                                         instrument is 
                                                                         exercised/ converted. 
--------------------  ---------------  ------------------------------  ----------------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise      Expiration     Exercise/          Number of voting               % of voting rights 
 financial         price         date (xvii)    Conversion         rights instrument              (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                     period             refers to 
                                                (xviii) 
---------------  ------------  -------------  -----------------  -----------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                                                                 Nominal       Delta 
-------------    ---           ------         ---                ----                           ------------  ----------- 
                                                                                                 10.72 
 CFD              n/a           n/a            n/a                6,676,569                       %            1 
---------------  ------------  -------------  -----------------  -----------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights 
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 16,314,057                                                     26.19 % 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   Brookdale International Partners, L.P.: 11,375,900 voting rights/financial 
   instruments (18.26 %) 
   Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund: 4,938,157 voting rights/financial 
   instruments (7.93 %) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                                                 Georgiy Nikitin 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                     +1-617-778-7725 
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