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Notification of major holdings, Director/PDMR shareholdings

Published: 2023-11-02 11:00:30 ET
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                      Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration Number: 47656.
                    South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10
                                  Share code on JSE:GML / AIM:GEM
                        ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
                                     ("Gemfields" or the "Company")




Notification of major holdings, Director/PDMR
shareholdings
LONDON, 2 NOVEMBER 2023


In compliance with paragraph 3.83(b) of the JSE Listings Requirements and AIM Rule 17,
shareholders are advised that Gemfields received formal notification on 1 November 2023 from
Assore International Holdings Limited (“Assore”) that it acquired 12,219,181 ordinary shares of
USD0.00001 each in Gemfields (“Ordinary Shares”) on 18 October 2023.


As of 18 October 2023, Assore held a total of 340,367,121 Ordinary Shares in the Company,
equivalent to 28.27 per cent of the total issued shares in the Company (excluding treasury shares).
Assore’s completed TR-1 form has been released separately.


Shareholders are advised that Assore’s shareholding represents 29.19 per cent of the total issued
shares in Gemfields that carry voting rights as at today’s date, following Gemfields share buyback
repurchases announced on the 19 October 2023 and 23 October 2023.


Patrick Sacco and Kieran Daly are Non-Executive Director and Alternate Non-Executive
Director of Gemfields, respectively. Mr Sacco is also Managing Director of, and holds a
beneficial interest in Assore, and Mr Daly is also a Non-Executive Director of Assore. As noted
at the time of his appointment, Mr Sacco is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in
Assore’s entire legal holding in Gemfields.




   Gemfields Group Limited, Royal Chambers, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, GY1 4HP, Guernsey
                                     T +44 (0)1481 731 554
                                        gemfieldsgroup.com
      Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No.
                                        596/2014



 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
       associated


 a)    Name                           Patrick Sacco



 2     Reason for the notification



 a)    Position/status                Non-Executive Director



 b)    Initial notification           Initial Notification
       /Amendment



 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
       auctioneer or auction monitor


 a)    Name                           Gemfields Group Limited



 b)    LEI                            21380017GAVXTCYS5R31



 4     Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
       instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place
       where transactions have been conducted

 a)    Description of the financial   Ordinary Shares of USD0.00001 each
       instrument, type of
       instrument




Gemfields Group Limited                                                           Page 2 of 5
      Identification code         ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52



 b)   Nature of the transaction   Purchase of Ordinary Shares by Assore. Mr Sacco is
                                  Managing Director of, and holds a beneficial interest
                                  in, Assore. Mr Sacco is therefore deemed to have a
                                  beneficial interest in Assore’s entire legal holding in
                                  Gemfields.

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                     Price(s)                  Volume(s)

                                     R3.15                     12,219,181



 d)   Aggregated information



      - Aggregated volume         12,219,181



      - Price                     R3.15

 e)   Date of the transaction     18 October 2023



 f)   Place of the transaction    Johannesburg Stock Exchange




                                      -ENDS-




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                                     GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM




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                                           ENQUIRIES




 GEMFIELDS                         Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Ian Hughes
                                   ir@gemfields.com
                                   T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400

 SPONSOR (JSE)                     Investec Bank Limited


 NOMINATED ADVISER                 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
 (AIM) & JOINT BROKER              Neil McDonald / Edward Whiley / Tim Redfern
                                   T: +44(0) 20 7220 0500


 JOINT BROKER                      Liberum
                                   Scott Mathieson / Kane Collings
                                   T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222


 FINANCIAL PR/ IR                  Camarco
                                   Gordon Poole / Emily Hall
                                   T: +44(0) 20 3757 4980




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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS




Gemfields is a world-leading responsible miner and marketer of coloured gemstones. Gemfields is
the operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the
world’s single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one
of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also
holds controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licences in Zambia,
Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar.


Gemfields’ outright ownership of Fabergé - an iconic and prestigious brand of exceptional heritage
- enables Gemfields to optimise positioning, perception and consumer awareness of coloured
gemstones through Fabergé designs, advancing the wider group’s “mine and market” vision.


Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction platform to
provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of
Gemfields’ business model that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured
gemstone sector.




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                                   KAGEM MINING LINKEDIN

                             MONTEPUEZ RUBY MINING LINKEDIN




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