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TR-1: Standard Form for Notification of Major Holdings
Pan African Resources PLC Pan African Resources Funding Company Limited
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales un- Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa with limited lia-
der the Companies Act 1985 with registered number bility
3937466 on 25 February 2000) Registration number: 2012/021237/06
Share code on AIM: PAF Alpha code: PARI
Share code on JSE: PAN
ISIN: GB0004300496
ADR ticker code: PAFRY
("Pan African" or the "Company" or the "Group")
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft
Word format if possible)(i)
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are at- PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC
tached(ii):
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)(iii):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv)
Name Van Eck Associates Corporation
City and country of registered office (if applicable) New York, NY USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v)
ESB Pension Fund GDX
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
Name
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (AU)
VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
20/12/2024
reached (vi):
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 23/12/2024
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
% of voting rights Total number of
% of voting rights at-
through financial instru- Total of both in % voting rights held
tached to shares (to-
ments (8.A + 8.B) in issuer (8.A +
tal of 8. A)
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2) 8.B) (vii)
Resulting situation
on the date on which
threshold was
4.765% 4.765% 96,689,091
crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if 5.901% 5.901%
applicable)
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or
reached (viii)
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Number of voting rights (ix) % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible) Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Directive (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Directive
2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.2.1)
Common Stock
96,689,091 4.765%
GB0004300496
SUBTOTAL 8. A 96,689,091 4.765%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Number of voting rights
Type of financial in- Expiration Exercise/ that may be acquired if
% of voting rights
strument date (x) Conversion Periodxi the instrument is
exercised/converted.
SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive
2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Exercise/ Physical or
Type of financial Expiration Number of
Conversion Pe- cash % of voting rights
instrument date (x) voting rights
riod (xi) settlement(xii)
SUBTOTAL
8.B.2
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an "X")
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
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 X
(please add additional rows as necessary)
% of voting rights
% of voting rights if it Total of both if it
through financial in-
equals or is higher equals or is higher
Name(xv) struments if it equals
than the notifiable than the notifiable
or is higher than the
threshold threshold
notifiable threshold
ESB Pension Fund GDX 0.040% 0.04%
VanEck Gold Miners 4.18% 4.18%
ETF
VanEck Gold Miners 0.129% 0.129%
ETF (AU)
VanEck Gold Miners 0.415% 0.415%
UCITS ETF
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder Glass Lewis
The number and % of voting rights held 96,689,091 shares and 4.765% voting rights
The date until which the voting rights will be held Open
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11. Additional information (xvi)
Place of completion Tampa, FL. USA
Date of completion 23 December 2024
Rosebank
27 December 2024
For further information on Pan African, please visit the Company's website at
www.panafricanresources.com
Corporate information
Corporate office Registered office
The Firs Building 2nd Floor
2nd Floor, Office 204 107 Cheapside
Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues London
Rosebank, Johannesburg EC2V 6DN
South Africa United Kingdom
Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 Office: + 44 (0)20 7796 8644
info@paf.co.za info@paf.co.za
Chief executive officer Financial director and debt officer
Cobus Loots Marileen Kok
Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
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Head: Investor relations Website: www.panafricanresources.com
Hethen Hira
Tel: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
E-mail: hhira@paf.co.za
Company secretary Nominated adviser and joint broker
Jane Kirton Ross Allister/Georgia Langoulant
St James's Corporate Services Limited Peel Hunt LLP
Office: + 44 (0)20 7796 8644 Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900
JSE Sponsor and JSE debt sponsor Joint broker
Ciska Kloppers Thomas Rider/Nick Macann
Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary BMO Capital Markets Limited
Limited
Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010
Office: + 27 (0)11 011 9200
Joint broker
Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee
Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG
Office: +44 (0)20 3207 7800
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Date: 27-12-2024 01:44:00
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