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Altona Rare Earths Plc - Notification of Major Holding

·2-min read

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Altona Energy

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):

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Paul McKillen
Kathryn McKillen

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

N/A

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)

Name

N/A

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

N/A

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:

24 February 2021

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

8 March 2021

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuer

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

4.99%

N/A

4.99%

14,413,040

Position of previous notification (if
applicable)

2.16%

N/A

2.16%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares
ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

Direct
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

GB00BFZNKV91

720,000

4.99%

SUBTOTAL 8. A

720,000

4.99%

Place of completion

United Kingdom

Date of completion

24th February 2021

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