Horizonte Minerals Plc - TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

LONDON, Aug. 11, 2016 /CNW/ -

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES^i
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ^ii		Horizonte Minerals plc
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 notification obligation: ^iii			Henderson Group plc
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 reached: ^v			08 August 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:			10 August 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^vi, vii			Below 16%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares ^viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights ^x
			Direct	Direct ^xi	Indirect ^xii	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary	113,179,719	113,179,719			110,201,006		15.26%
GB00B11DNM70
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date ^xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xiv		Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.		% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date ^xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period ^xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of voting rights ^xix, xx
						Nominal	Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights				Percentage of voting rights
110,201,006				15.26%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
See Appendix 1 below.
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:
13. Additional information:	This disclosure has been calculated based on total voting rights of  721,934,300
14. Contact name:	Scott Dickenson
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7818 4184

Annex 1: Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):   [ ] 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   [X] 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^xiv:
Name^xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Henderson Group plc, Henderson Group Holdings Asset Management Limited, HGI Asset Management Group Limited, Henderson Global Group Limited, Henderson Holdings Group Limited, HGI Group Limited, Henderson Global Investors (Holdings) Limited, AlphaGen Capital Limited	6.74%	-	6.74%
Henderson Group plc, Henderson Group Holdings Asset Management Limited, HGI Asset Management Group Limited, Henderson Global Group Limited, Henderson Holdings Group Limited, HGI Group Limited, Henderson Global Investors (Holdings) Limited, Henderson Global Investors Limited	8.51%	-	8.51%

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.

SOURCE Horizonte Minerals plc

visit www.horizonteminerals.com or contact: Jeremy Martin, Horizonte Minerals plc, Tel: [phone] ; David Hall, Horizonte Minerals plc, Tel: [phone] ; Joanna Weaving, finnCap Ltd (Corporate Broking), Tel: [phone] ; Christopher Raggett, finnCap Ltd (Corporate Finance), Tel: [phone] ; Lottie Brocklehurst, St Brides Partners Ltd (PR), Tel: [phone] ; Elisabeth Cowell, St Brides Partners Ltd, Tel: [phone]