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RNS Number : 3605X Kibo Energy PLC 23 July 2024
Kibo Energy PLC (Incorporated in Ireland)
(Registration Number: 451931)
(External registration number: 2011/007371/10)
LEI Code: 635400WTCRIZB6TVGZ23
Share code on the JSE Limited: KBO
Share code on the AIM: KIBO
ISIN: IE00B97C0C31
('Kibo' or 'the Company')
Dated: 23 July 2024
Kibo Energy PLC ('Kibo' or the 'Company')
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer in Microsoft
Word format if possible)
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to Kibo Energy PLC
which voting rights are attached:
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 X
Other (please specify):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name RiverFort Global Opportunities PCC Ltd
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 27(th) June 2024
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 22(nd) July 2024
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 7.77% 7.77% 6,146,662,050
Position of previous notification (if applicable) 11.68% 11.68%
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 Number of voting rights % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible) IE00B97C0C31
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Ordinary Shares 477,750,000 7.77%
SUBTOTAL 8. A 477,750,000 7.77%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Period Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is % of voting rights
exercised/converted.
SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art.
13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Period Physical or cash settlement Number of voting rights % of voting rights
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 X
person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer
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 (please add additional rows as
necessary)
Name % 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 Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
than the notifiable threshold
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information
The Ordinary Shares are held by ABN AMRO Bank N.V. in CREST for the benefit of
RiverFort Global Opportunities PCC Ltd.
Place of completion London, United Kingdom
Date of completion 22nd July 2024
**ENDS**
For further information please visit www.kibo.energy (http://www.kibo.energy/)
or contact:
Cobus van der Merwe info@kibo.energy (mailto:info@kibo.energy) Kibo Energy PLC Executive Officer
James Biddle / Roland Cornish +44 207 628 3396 Beaumont Cornish Limited Nominated Adviser
Claire Noyce +44 20 3764 2341 Hybridan LLP Joint Broker
James Sheehan +44 20 7048 9400 Global Investment Strategy UK Limited Joint Broker
Beaumont Cornish Limited ('Beaumont Cornish') is the Company's Nominated
Adviser and is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Beaumont Cornish's
responsibilities as the Company's Nominated Adviser, including a
responsibility to advise and guide the Company on its responsibilities under
the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, are owed
solely to the London Stock Exchange. Beaumont Cornish is not acting for and
will not be responsible to any other persons for providing protections
afforded to customers of Beaumont Cornish nor for advising them in relation to
the proposed arrangements described in this announcement or any matter
referred to in it.
Johannesburg
23 July 2024
Corporate and Designated Adviser
River Group
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